Pieris floribunda (Pursh) Benth. ex Hook. belongs to the Ericaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Davidson, C 12956

May 11, 2015

Location

United States, North Carolina, Transylvania

32.383889, -82.699722

Location Remarks

Pisgah National Forest; Yellow Gap Road (U.S. Forest Service Road 1206). 930 m elev.

Collectors

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Pieris

Specific Epithet

floribunda

Authorship

(Pursh) Benth. ex Hook.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 9.7

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

1.0

Global rank

#41,926 of 335,497

Top 13%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →