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saxatilis

Taxon

Myrcia saxatilis (Amshoff) Mc Vaugh

Protologue Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 18(2): 105. 1969BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Myrcia saxatilis, Smith, J. F 4159--Fr. Guiana. On the inselberg at Les Nouragues. 16 Mch 02. 001.jpg

Myrcia saxatilis, Smith, J. F 4159--Fr. Guiana. On the inselberg at Les Nouragues. 16 Mch 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Myrcia saxatilis, Smith, J. F 4159--Fr. Guiana. On the inselberg at Les Nouragues. 16 Mch 02. (10)001.jpg

Myrcia saxatilis, Smith, J. F 4159--Fr. Guiana. On the inselberg at Les Nouragues. 16 Mch 02. (10)001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Brazil North, French Guiana, Suriname (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

Smith, J. F 4159

March 16, 2002

Location

French Guiana, French Guiana (Roura)

4.558556, -52.463417

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village

Collectors

James F. Smith, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Myrcia

Specific Epithet

saxatilis

Authorship

(Amshoff) Mc Vaugh

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 11.0

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#106,976 of 335,497

Top 32%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →