Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Boufford, D 43655

May 10, 2014

Location

China, Sichuan, Ngawa (Li, Li County)

31.345, 102.845556

Location Remarks

Li Xian. Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture; between Xiayingshan village and Xiangzhai on road to Liantaigou E of Huatizi. Mixed forest of Tsuga, Betula, Acer, Viburnum, Rhododendron on rocky slopes and along stream in dark, rich, moist soil. 2985 m elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Yun-Dong Gao, Qiuyun (Jenny) Xiang

Notes

In forest. Rhizomes with odor of ginger; corolla purple outside, white at base inside.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Piperales

Family

Aristolochiaceae

Genus

Asarum

Specific Epithet

himalaicum

Authorship

Hook.fil. & Thomson ex Klotzsch

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.9

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

0.3

Global rank

#135,573 of 335,497

Top 41%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →