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Taxon

Tacca palmata Blume

Protologue Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 83. 1827 [Oct-Dec 1827]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (5).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (5).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (4).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (4).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (9).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (9).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (7).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (7).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (1).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (1).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (2).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (2).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (3).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (3).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (12).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (12).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (6).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (6).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (11).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (11).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (10).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (10).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (13).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (13).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07573.JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07573.JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153244--Malaysia, Sabah. Tawai For. Res. 9 Apr 2012. DSC07890 (52).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153244--Malaysia, Sabah. Tawai For. Res. 9 Apr 2012. DSC07890 (52).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153244--Malaysia, Sabah. Tawai For. Res. 9 Apr 2012. DSC07890 (54).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153244--Malaysia, Sabah. Tawai For. Res. 9 Apr 2012. DSC07890 (54).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153244--Malaysia, Sabah. Tawai For. Res. 9 Apr 2012. DSC07890 (53).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153244--Malaysia, Sabah. Tawai For. Res. 9 Apr 2012. DSC07890 (53).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153244--Malaysia, Sabah. Tawai For. Res. 9 Apr 2012. DSC07890 (49).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153244--Malaysia, Sabah. Tawai For. Res. 9 Apr 2012. DSC07890 (49).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153244--Malaysia, Sabah. Tawai For. Res. 9 Apr 2012. DSC07890 (50).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153244--Malaysia, Sabah. Tawai For. Res. 9 Apr 2012. DSC07890 (50).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153244--Malaysia, Sabah. Tawai For. Res. 9 Apr 2012. DSC07890 (51).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153244--Malaysia, Sabah. Tawai For. Res. 9 Apr 2012. DSC07890 (51).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (8).JPG

Tacca palmata, SAN.153234--Malaysia, Sabah. Kinabalu N.P., Poring. 7 Apr 2012. DSC07570 (8).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

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.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

SAN.153234

April 7, 2012

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

SAN.153244

April 9, 2012

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.

SAN.153234

April 7, 2012

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Dioscoreales

Family

Dioscoreaceae

Genus

Tacca

Specific Epithet

palmata

Authorship

Blume

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#105,295 of 335,497

Top 32%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →