Houstonia serpyllifolia Michx. belongs to the Rubiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Davidson, C 12975

May 12, 2015

Location

United States, North Carolina, Clay

35.084167, -83.616667

Location Remarks

West of the city of Franklin and E of the town of Shooting Creek; 2.25 km (1.4 miles) N of U.S. route 64 on Buck Creek Road; W side of Buck Creek. 943 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Houstonia

Specific Epithet

serpyllifolia

Authorship

Michx.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#156,830 of 335,497

Top 47%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →