Native to Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; presence uncertain in Manchuria (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Japan, Kansai, Shiga
35.418333, 136.405
Location Remarks
Ibukiyama (Mount Ibuki).
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Family
Smilacaceae
Genus
Smilax
Specific Epithet
china
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#286,470 of 335,497
Top 86%
Extinction probability
9%