Benstonea gibbsiana, Callmander 1030--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07529 (7).JPG
Endemic to Borneo (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Malaysia, Sabah (Ranau)
6.039506, 116.712213
Location Remarks
Coordinates are the median GPS position of 4 specimen photograph(s) taken 2012-04-07 (90% of them within NaN km of it). Split from the legacy location "Beaufort" (681cfa54-e336-390d-b078-0f7211d55b7b) or "Kuching" (9135d8cb-aef2-388f-8be6-5bc86bb71097), which carried events from many places; not otherwise described.
Collectors
Sven Buerki, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Postar Miun, Jeisin Jumian, Nur Adillah binti Mohd
Notes
Tree to 8 m tall,, proproots few. Leaves up to 3 m long, 5.5 cm wide in the middle. Infructescence terminal, pending on a peduncle 30 cm, 2 cm wide at apex, bearing 3-4 subspherical syncarps, c. 11 x 12 cm. Stigma spiniform, brown.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Pandanales
Family
Pandanaceae
Genus
Benstonea
Specific Epithet
gibbsiana
Authorship
(Martelli) Callm. & Buerki
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.0
Global rank
#14,407 of 335,497
Top 5%
Extinction probability
26%
