Swertia tetrapetala--Japan. Hokkaido. Teshio Exptl. For. 3 Aug 2016. DSC00757 (53).JPG
Swertia tetrapetala Pall. belongs to the Gentianaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Gentianaceae
Genus
Swertia
Specific Epithet
tetrapetala
Authorship
Pall.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.8
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
#279,251 of 335,497
Top 84%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
Japan, Hokkaido, Hokkaido (Soya Subprefecture)
44.976333, 142.126194
Location Remarks
Teshio Experimental Forest. Highway 583 to Highway 785, east om 785 c. 1.75 km to a road heading northeast; to the end of this road, then trail along Penke-Rupeshipe River c. 2 km. 142 m elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Foot of fairly steep north slope weep zone, but with a dynamic creep, changing over time.
