Endemic to New Caledonia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
New Caledonia, South
-22.504167, 166
Location Remarks
Sommet du Mont Do.
Collectors
Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Chrissen Gemmill, Jean-Noel Labat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Icacinales
Family
Oncothecaceae
Genus
Oncotheca
Specific Epithet
balansae
Authorship
Baill.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 36.1
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.8
Global rank
#17,525 of 335,497
Top 6%
Extinction probability
5%