Koenigia nummulariifolia, D. Boufford 44057--China. Sichuan. Zhe Duo Shan. 17 Aug 2017. DSC06717 (422).JPG
Native to China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Sichuan, Kangding Xian. (Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Kangding Shi)
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
In moist, sandy gravel soil at base of stony slope. Tightly colonial; petals white.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Koenigia
Specific Epithet
nummularifolia
Authorship
(Meisn.) Mesícek & Soják
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 10.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.9
Global rank
#49,964 of 335,497
Top 15%
Extinction probability
11%
