Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, Davidson, C 13270--Switzerland. Hwy 9 to Simplon. Ganterbrucke. 2 Jul 2016. DSC08156 (26).JPG
Native to 37 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into Michigan, New York, Ontario (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Switzerland, Canton Valais, Ried-Brig
46.298611, 8.054444
Location Remarks
Off Highway 9 (E62), i.e., Simplonstrasse, at Ganterbrucke; old highway on north side of Saltina River (Ganterbach). 1407 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Martin W. Callmander, Beat Bäumler, Sven Buerki, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Steep, rocky roadside bank and rock faces; north side of the road and south side above the river.
Location
Slovenia (University Botanical Garden)
Location Remarks
Ljubljana
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Vincetoxicum
Specific Epithet
hirundinaria
Authorship
Medik.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#330,987 of 335,497
Top 99%
Extinction probability
9%
