Aconitum kongboense, D. Boufford 44080--China. Sichuan. Wuxu Haizi. Glacial lake. 18 Aug 2017. DSC07392 (102).JPG
Native to China South-Central, Tibet (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Sichuan, Jiulong Xian. (Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Jiulong County)
29.153056, 101.406944
Location Remarks
Tanggu Xiang. NW of the city of Jiulong. Wuxu Hai (Wuxu Lake). Abies, Picea, Quercus forest with Rhododendron understory and open grazed dry and boggy meadows. 3700-4175 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Hui Ll, Tao Yang
Notes
Among coarse herbs in one corner of meadow. Herbs, 0.7-1.7 m tall, stems single or several from base; tepals purple, ventrally lighter; anthers dark purple.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Aconitum
Specific Epithet
kongboense
Authorship
Lauener
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#320,957 of 335,497
Top 96%
Extinction probability
12%
