Native to Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, West Himalaya; presence uncertain in Tibet (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

D. Boufford 44149

May 4, 2018

Location

China, Yunnan, Jinghong Xian. (Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Jinghong)

22.437778, 101.020278

Location Remarks

Jinghong-shi. Xishuangbanna Daizuzi-Zhizhou; northeast of Dadugang-Xiang and between Dadugang-Xiang and Puwen-zhen along route G213. Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest with mixed Fagaceae (Castanopsis and Lithocarpus) and Lauraceae with Engelhardtia and several genera of Fabaceae. 965-1200 m. elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou

Notes

In forest. Vine, ca. 5-6 m long, climbing on trees, distal portion of stem often pendulous from tree branches.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Liliales

Family

Smilacaceae

Genus

Smilax

Specific Epithet

ocreata

Authorship

A.DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.2

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

0.2

Global rank

#209,927 of 335,497

Top 63%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →