Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Anhui, HuangShan
30.151333, 118.167
Location Remarks
HuangShan (Yellow Mountain). Long trail of stone steps from Resort hotel to the city gate. 1382 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Fu Cheng Xin, Qiuyun (Jenny) Xiang, Sharon R. Christoph, David E. Boufford
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Ophiorrhiza
Specific Epithet
japonica
Authorship
Blume
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#165,559 of 335,497
Top 50%
Extinction probability
11%