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Taxon

Diospyros samoensis A.Gray

Protologue Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts v. (1861) 326.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Diospyros samoensis, M. Tuiwawa 4962--Fiji. Abaca Village. 11 Feb 2011. 174 (5).jpg

Diospyros samoensis, M. Tuiwawa 4962--Fiji. Abaca Village. 11 Feb 2011. 174 (5).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Diospyros samoensis, M. Tuiwawa 4962--Fiji. Abaca Village. 11 Feb 2011. 174 (1).jpg

Diospyros samoensis, M. Tuiwawa 4962--Fiji. Abaca Village. 11 Feb 2011. 174 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Diospyros samoensis, M. Tuiwawa 4962--Fiji. Abaca Village. 11 Feb 2011. 174.jpg

Diospyros samoensis, M. Tuiwawa 4962--Fiji. Abaca Village. 11 Feb 2011. 174.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Diospyros samoensis, M. Tuiwawa 4962--Fiji. Abaca Village. 11 Feb 2011. 174 (2).jpg

Diospyros samoensis, M. Tuiwawa 4962--Fiji. Abaca Village. 11 Feb 2011. 174 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Diospyros samoensis, M. Tuiwawa 4962--Fiji. Abaca Village. 11 Feb 2011. 174 (3).jpg

Diospyros samoensis, M. Tuiwawa 4962--Fiji. Abaca Village. 11 Feb 2011. 174 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Diospyros samoensis, M. Tuiwawa 4962--Fiji. Abaca Village. 11 Feb 2011. 174 (4).jpg

Diospyros samoensis, M. Tuiwawa 4962--Fiji. Abaca Village. 11 Feb 2011. 174 (4).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is. (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

Tuiwawa M., et al. 4962

February 11, 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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ebenaceae

Genus

Diospyros

Specific Epithet

samoensis

Authorship

A.Gray

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.9

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#239,277 of 335,497

Top 72%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →