Tabernaemontana corymbosa, D. Boufford 44141--China. Yunnan. Pu Wen to Da Du Gang on G213. 4 May 2018. DSC01724 (17).JPG
Native to Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Yunnan, Jinghong Xian. (Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Jinghong)
22.437778, 101.020278
Location Remarks
Jinghong-shi. Xishuangbanna Daizuzi-Zhizhou; northeast of Dadugang-Xiang and between Dadugang-Xiang and Puwen-zhen along route G213. Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest with mixed Fagaceae (Castanopsis and Lithocarpus) and Lauraceae with Engelhardtia and several genera of Fabaceae. 965-1200 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou
Notes
On slope at edge of forest, but in shade for most of day. Herb, ca. 0.8 m tall; calyx pale green; corolla white.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Tabernaemontana
Specific Epithet
corymbosa
Authorship
Roxb. ex Wall.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.3
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
#256,144 of 335,497
Top 77%
Extinction probability
10%
