Dipsacus asper Wall. ex DC. belongs to the Caprifoliaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Boufford D.E., et al. 43972

August 9, 2017

Location

China, Yunnan, Xianggelila Xian

27.605278, 99.885833

Location Remarks

Xianggelila (Zhongdian) Xian: Xiao Zhongdian. Tianbao Shan, east of Xiao Zhongdian. Narrow valley with cut over Abies-Picea-Larix forest on lower slopes and scree above on both sides of valley; with meadow-like areas near stream and on slope between scree. 3680-3840 m. elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Xin-Hui Ll, Tao Yang

Notes

Thickets with coarse herbs and dwarf (< 1 m tall) shrubs. Herbs, 0.4-1.2 m tall; corolla white; anthers red.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Dipsacales

Family

Caprifoliaceae

Genus

Dipsacus

Specific Epithet

asper

Authorship

Wall. ex DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 9.6

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

0.8

Global rank

#58,480 of 335,497

Top 18%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →