Dipentodon sinicus, D. Boufford 44092--China. Yunnan. Xia Jin Chang village. 29 Apr 2018. DSC00078 (153).JPG
Native to Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, Myanmar, Tibet (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Yunnan, Malipo Xian. (Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Malipo County)
22.942222, 104.594444
Location Remarks
Wenshan Zhuangzu-Miaozu-Zizhizhou. Southwest of the city of Malipo and almost exactly midway in a straight line between Nanwenhe-Xiang and Dulong-zhen, near Baishapo, along a tributary of the Tanshan-he (Tanshan River); ca. 10.4 km north of the border with Vietnam. Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest with Lauraceae and Fagaceae dominant, with several species of Acer and shrubby understory with abundant colonies of Alpinia. 1250-1350 m.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou
Notes
Thicket at edge of low wet area and below forested area, in partial shade each day. Shrub, ca. 4 m tall, arching; sepals greenish white; petals greenish white, easily falling after anthesis.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Huerteales
Family
Dipentodontaceae
Genus
Dipentodon
Specific Epithet
sinicus
Authorship
Dunn
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 30.3
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.4
Global rank
#10,812 of 335,497
Top 4%
Extinction probability
10%
