Native to China Southeast, Taiwan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Taiwan, New Taipei City, Wulai District
24.86825, 121.547611
Location Remarks
Jia Jiu Liao trail off Huanshan Rd., near a bridge. Lower section of the trail. C. 150 m.
Collectors
Chung Kuo-Fang, Christopher Davidson, Tseng Yu-Hsin, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Densely forested canyon slope above the river. Tree 15 m.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Laurales
Family
Lauraceae
Genus
Phoebe
Specific Epithet
formosana
Authorship
(Hayata) Hayata
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#213,448 of 335,497
Top 64%
Extinction probability
12%