Helonias breviscapa (Maxim.) N.Tanaka belongs to the Melanthiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Not collected

May 27, 2016

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

Notes

Moist trail bank above the river. Other species here: Caulophyllum, Diphylleia, Cardiocrinum.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Liliales

Family

Melanthiaceae

Genus

Helonias

Specific Epithet

breviscapa

Authorship

(Maxim.) N.Tanaka

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.0

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

0.2

Global rank

#183,134 of 335,497

Top 55%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Heloniopsis orientalis (Maxim.) Kitam. & Murata

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy