Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Inner Mongolia, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet (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

D. Boufford 44013

August 14, 2017

Location

China, Sichuan, Daocheng Xian.

29.347778, 100.112778

Location Remarks

Road (Highway S217) from Litang to Sandui Xiang, north-northeast of Sandui; Haizi Shan. Glacial boulder-strewn area with rivulets, small ponds and wet depressions; vegetation dwarf (ca. 0.5 m tall) Salix and Rhododendron and gravelly openings. Granite bedrock. 4380 m. elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Hui Ll, Tao Yang

Notes

On slope in moist sandy-gravelly soil, usually without other vegetation. Plants with strong Allium odor; tepals blue.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Amaryllidaceae

Genus

Allium

Specific Epithet

sikkimense

Authorship

Baker

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.6

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#135,821 of 335,497

Top 41%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →