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.

Tseng Yu-Hsin 1336

May 22, 2016

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Polygonaceae

Genus

Persicaria

Specific Epithet

chinensis

Authorship

(L.) H.Gross

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#60,617 of 335,497

Top 19%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →