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Taxon

Ophiorrhiza japonica Blume

Protologue Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 16: 978. [Oct 1826-Nov 1827]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (53).JPG

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (53).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (54).JPG

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (54).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (48).JPG

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (48).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (55).JPG

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (55).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (50).JPG

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (50).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (49).JPG

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (49).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (51).JPG

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (51).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (52).JPG

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (52).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (46).JPG

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (46).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (47).JPG

Ophiorhiza japonica, Davidson, C 12048--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02684 (47).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

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.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Davidson, C 12048

June 8, 2012

Location

China, Anhui, HuangShan (Huangshan, Huangshan District)

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Ophiorrhiza

Specific Epithet

japonica

Authorship

Blume

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#165,559 of 335,497

Top 50%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →