Avangui, ca. 2.5 km W of Forêt Français on RPN 1, on N side of road at crossing over Creek Hervouet. Sclerophyllous forest on calcareous substrate with some ultramafic colluvium.

Collectors

Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Chrissen Gemmill, Jean-Noel Labat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Araliaceae

Genus

Meryta

Specific Epithet

balansae

Authorship

Baill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.4

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

0.6

Global rank

#86,793 of 335,497

Top 26%

Extinction probability

15%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →