Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya (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

C. Davidson 13795

August 17, 2017

Location

China, Sichuan, Kangding Xian.

30.185833, 101.745556

Location Remarks

Northwest of the city of Kangding; Zheduo Shan mountain range on road north of Kangding Airport toward Yala Xiang. Boulder fields and ledges, shrub thickets of dwarf (< 0.5 m tall) Rhododendron and meadow-like areas interspersed between thickets, boulders and rock outcrops. 4410-4420 m. elev.

Collectors

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

Notes

Moist gravel between coarse scree. Petals reddish violet.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Saxifragales

Family

Saxifragaceae

Genus

Micranthes

Specific Epithet

melanocentra

Authorship

(Franch.) Losinsk.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

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

0.2

Global rank

#216,534 of 335,497

Top 65%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →