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Taxon

Purpureostemon ciliatus (Forst.) Gugerli

Protologue Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 46: 230. 1939BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (43).JPG

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (43).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (45).JPG

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (45).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (44).JPG

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (44).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (42).JPG

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (42).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (40).JPG

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (40).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (41).JPG

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (41).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (47).JPG

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (47).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (46).JPG

Purpureostemon ciliatus, Callmander, M 1252--New Caledonia. Col d'Arama. 16 Nov 2015. DSC02942 (46).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to New Caledonia (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

Callmander M.W., et al. 1252

November 16, 2015

Location

New Caledonia, Province Nord

-20.283917, 164.198

Location Remarks

Route RPN 9; Petit creek en bas du Col d'Arama. Col d'Arama Maquis. Phtenite substrate. 230 m elev.

Collectors

Martin W. Callmander, Jerome Munzinger, Porter P. Lowry II, David Bruy, Bruce Gray, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Low sub-shrub to 30 cm tall. Stamens bright red. Fruit dark purple.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Purpureostemon

Specific Epithet

ciliatus

Authorship

(Forst.) Gugerli

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 10.0

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#114,223 of 335,497

Top 35%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →