Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (9).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (17).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (6).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (11).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (16).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (12).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (18).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (23).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (5).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (21).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (10).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (7).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (4).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (14).JPG
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Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (67).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (19).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (13).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (3).JPG
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Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (20).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (15).JPG
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Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (8).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (1).JPG
Rheum palmatum, C. Davidson 13779--China. Sichuan. Litang to Xin Long. 14 Aug 2017. DSC06062 (24).JPG
Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Tibet, Vietnam; introduced into Colombia, Great Britain (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Sichuan, Litang Xian. (Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Litang County)
30.181111, 99.978056
Location Remarks
Ca. 40 km west of Litang on road (Highway G318) from Litang to Batang. Mountains with coarse sand slopes on north side of highway, heavily grazed meadows, thickets of dwarf Rhododendron (mostly <1 m tall, but some plants to 1.5 m), Caragana, Salix and Lonicera thickets and coarse, granitic sand scree slopes. 4100-4400 m.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Xin-Hui Ll, Tao Yang
Notes
Open, rocky slope above stream. Herb, ca. 1.5 m tall; large basal leaf.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Rheum
Specific Epithet
palmatum
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#307,550 of 335,497
Top 92%
Extinction probability
10%
