Hernandia olivacea Gillespie belongs to the Hernandiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Tuiwawa, M 4943

February 9, 2011

Location

Fiji, Viti Levu

-17.720278, 178.033611

Location Remarks

Monasavu Rd., 3.5 km past Monasavu Dam access rd., along road toward Tavua. Humid forest. 960 m elev.

Collectors

Marika Tuiwawa, F. Tuiwawa, Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Sven Buerki, Martin W. Callmander, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Tree 6-7 m.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Laurales

Family

Hernandiaceae

Genus

Hernandia

Specific Epithet

olivacea

Authorship

Gillespie

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 27.4

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

2.7

Global rank

#8,904 of 335,497

Top 3%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →