Polyscias cissodendron, Lowry, P 6891--New Caledonia, ProvN, Aoupinié 15 Nov 2007 047 (6).jpg
Native to New Caledonia, Norfolk Is., Santa Cruz Is., Vanuatu (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
New Caledonia, North
-21.32175, 165.0745
Location Remarks
Avangui, ca. 2.5 km W of Forêt Français on RPN 1, on N side of road at crossing over Creek Hervouet. Sclerophyllous forest on calcareous substrate with some ultramafic colluvium.
Collectors
Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Chrissen Gemmill, Jean-Noel Labat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Polyscias
Specific Epithet
cissodendron
Authorship
(C.Moore & F.Muell.) Harms
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#161,945 of 335,497
Top 49%
Extinction probability
11%
