Native to Inner Mongolia, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Primorye, Sakhalin (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

Not collected

August 3, 2016

Location

Japan, Hokkaido, Hokkaido (Soya Subprefecture, Nakatoikan)

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.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Gentianaceae

Genus

Swertia

Specific Epithet

tetrapetala

Authorship

Pall.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#279,251 of 335,497

Top 84%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →