Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Gynostemma burmanicum, D. Boufford 44170--China. Yunnan. Meng Lun to Meng Tang on G213. 7 May 2018. DSC03328 (666).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cucurbitales
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Gynostemma
Specific Epithet
pentaphyllum
Authorship
(Thunb.) Makino
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#279,996 of 335,497
Top 84%
Extinction probability
9%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Location
China, Yunnan, Jinghong.
21.970833, 101.195000
Location Remarks
Xishuangbanna Daizuzi-Zhizhou; NW of Menglun-zhen between Menglun-zhen and Jingzu-Xiang on route G213 along a tributary of the Nanban Jiang (Nanban River). Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest with Fagaceae and Lauraceae common on steep, unaltered slopes, also Duabanga common along main stream; most of forest on accessible slopes converted to rubber plantations. 830-920 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou
Notes
Climbing on shrubs and trees at edge of forest, in shade all day. Vine, mostly herbaceous, ca. 3 m long; inflorescence green; flowers green. See note in Flora of China 19: 14. 2011, regarding validity of epithet burmanicum.
