Petermannia cirrosa F.Muell. belongs to the Petermanniaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Family
Petermanniaceae
Genus
Petermannia
Specific Epithet
cirrosa
Authorship
F.Muell.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 80.5
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
8.1
Global rank
#1,069 of 335,497
Top 0.4%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
Australia, Queensland
-27.914222, 153.189000
Location Remarks
Tamborine Rainforest Skywalk. Accessed off Tamborine Mountain Rd. A private forest reserve.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Glenn Leiper, Sharon R. Christoph
Identified by
Notes
Vine twining up a tree bole.