Persicaria chinensis (L.) H.Gross belongs to the Polygonaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Persicaria
Specific Epithet
chinensis
Authorship
(L.) H.Gross
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#60,617 of 335,497
Top 19%
Extinction probability
11%
Location
Taiwan, Nantou County, Lugu Township
23.669361, 120.803833
Location Remarks
Xitou Nature Education Area (termination of Road 151). Giant Tree Logging Trail/Bird Watching Trail. 1381 m elev.
Collectors
Tseng Yu-Hsin, Kuo Wen-Hsi, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph