Petasites japonicus (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim. belongs to the Asteraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Petasites japonicus--Japan. Myoko-Togakushi N. P. Sasagamine to Shinkawa R. 26 May 2016. DSC04395 (180).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Petasites
Specific Epithet
japonicus
Authorship
(Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#128,719 of 335,497
Top 39%
Extinction probability
11%
Location
Japan, Honshu, Niigata
36.848667, 138.137194
Location Remarks
Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park. Suginosawa. Road 280 (on Google Maps) east to parking for trail to Naena-taki (waterfall). 785 m elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
