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alticola

Taxon

Benstonea alticola (Holttum & H.St.John) Callm. & Buerki

Protologue Candollea 67(2): 330. 2012 [Dec 2012]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Benstonea thomissophylla, Callmander 1008--Malaysia, Sarawak. Gunong Tai Ton. 27 Mar 2012. DSC05734 (14).JPG

Benstonea thomissophylla, Callmander 1008--Malaysia, Sarawak. Gunong Tai Ton. 27 Mar 2012. DSC05734 (14).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Benstonea thomissophylla, Callmander 1008--Malaysia, Sarawak. Gunong Tai Ton. 27 Mar 2012. DSC05734 (15).JPG

Benstonea thomissophylla, Callmander 1008--Malaysia, Sarawak. Gunong Tai Ton. 27 Mar 2012. DSC05734 (15).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Benstonea thomissophylla, Callmander 1008--Malaysia, Sarawak. Gunong Tai Ton. 27 Mar 2012. DSC05734 (13).JPG

Benstonea thomissophylla, Callmander 1008--Malaysia, Sarawak. Gunong Tai Ton. 27 Mar 2012. DSC05734 (13).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Benstonea thomissophylla, Callmander 1008--Malaysia, Sarawak. Gunong Tai Ton. 27 Mar 2012. DSC05734 (12).JPG

Benstonea thomissophylla, Callmander 1008--Malaysia, Sarawak. Gunong Tai Ton. 27 Mar 2012. DSC05734 (12).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Borneo, Malaya (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

Callmander M.W., et al. 1010

March 27, 2012

Location

Malaysia, Sarawak (Kuching)

1.722528, 110.448639

Location Remarks

Kuching. Bako National Park. Lintang Trail, 106 m elev.

Collectors

Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, A. Ak Ginan, Yahud Bin H.J. Wat

Notes

Acaulescent Pandan on limestone cliffs. Very young infrutescence hidden by bracts. Immature syncarps yellow.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Pandanales

Family

Pandanaceae

Genus

Benstonea

Specific Epithet

alticola

Authorship

(Holttum & H.St.John) Callm. & Buerki

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#56,466 of 335,497

Top 17%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →