Scyphostegia borneensis Stapf belongs to the Salicaceae family. Flora of the World contains 3 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Salicaceae
Genus
Scyphostegia
Specific Epithet
borneensis
Authorship
Stapf
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 54.2
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
10.4
Global rank
#548 of 335,497
Top 1,000 globally
Extinction probability
23%
Location
Malaysia, Sabah, Interior (Tambunan)
Location Remarks
Rafflesia Forest Reserve, adjacent to Crocker Range National Park, on the road Kota Kinabalu-Tambunan. 1309 m elev.
Collectors
Postar Miun, Jeisin Jumian, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Tree 10 m. Dioecious. This is the pistillate plant.
Location
Malaysia, Sabah
5.320222, 115.660917
Location Remarks
Sepilok Forest Reserve. Bird Trail. Mixed dipterocarp forest. 33 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Tree 6-8 m. Pistillate plant.
Location
Malaysia, Sarawak
1.722528, 110.448639
Location Remarks
Kuching. Bako National Park. Lintang Trail, 106 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Tree 6-8 m. Pistillate plant.