Corydalis densispicata, C. Davidson 13781--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (39).JPG
Corydalis densispica C.Y.Wu belongs to the Papaveraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Papaveraceae
Genus
Corydalis
Specific Epithet
densispica
Authorship
C.Y.Wu
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#91,871 of 335,497
Top 28%
Extinction probability
12%
Location
China, Sichuan, Litang Xian.
30.181111, 99.978056
Location Remarks
Ca. 40 km west of Litang on road (Highway G318) from Litang to Batang. Mountains with coarse sand slopes on north side of highway, heavily grazed meadows, thickets of dwarf Rhododendron (mostly <1 m tall, but some plants to 1.5 m), Caragana, Salix and Lonicera thickets and coarse, granitic sand scree slopes. 4100-4400 m.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Hui Ll, Tao Yang
Notes
In flowing water around rocks in stream. Flowers pale yellow and deeper yellow.
