Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (5).JPG
Native to Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Malaysia, Sabah (Ranau)
6.039506, 116.712213
Location Remarks
Coordinates are the median GPS position of 4 specimen photograph(s) taken 2012-04-07 (90% of them within NaN km of it). Split from the legacy location "Beaufort" (681cfa54-e336-390d-b078-0f7211d55b7b) or "Kuching" (9135d8cb-aef2-388f-8be6-5bc86bb71097), which carried events from many places; not otherwise described.
Collectors
Sven Buerki, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Postar Miun, Jeisin Jumian, Nur Adillah binti Mohd
Location
Malaysia, Sabah (Telupid)
5.642696, 117.198066
Location Remarks
Coordinates are the median GPS position of 131 specimen photograph(s) taken 2012-04-09 (90% of them within NaN km of it). Split from the legacy location "Beaufort" (681cfa54-e336-390d-b078-0f7211d55b7b) or "Kuching" (9135d8cb-aef2-388f-8be6-5bc86bb71097), which carried events from many places; not otherwise described.
Collectors
Sven Buerki, Martin W. Callmander, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Postar Miun, Jeisin Jumian, Nur Adillah binti Mohd
Notes
Terrestrial herb.
Location
Malaysia, Sabah (Beaufort)
5.320222, 115.660917
Location Remarks
Sepilok Forest Reserve. Bird Trail. Mixed dipterocarp forest. 33 m elev.
Collectors
Sven Buerki, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Postar Miun, Jeisin Jumian, Nur Adillah binti Mohd
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Dioscoreales
Family
Dioscoreaceae
Genus
Tacca
Specific Epithet
palmata
Authorship
Blume
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#105,295 of 335,497
Top 32%
Extinction probability
10%
