Sarcandra glabra, Regalado 1899--Viet Nam. Hon Ba Nature Res. 12 May 2011. 246 (9).jpg
Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Vietnam, Khanh Hoa, Khanh Vinh (Suoi Cat, Khánh Phú)
12.116389, 108.943611
Location Remarks
Hon Ba Nature Reserve. Trail to the summit of Hon Ba Peak. GPS is the beginning of the trail. 964-1505 m elev.
Collectors
Jacinto (Jack) C. Regalado, Nguyen Sinh Khang, Luu Hong Truong, Tran Gioi, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Herbaceous, 1-1.5 m.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Durham (Sarah P. Duke Gardens)
Location Remarks
127 Anderson St. (Campus Dr.)(WestCampus of Duke Univ.), Durham. (There is a good map on the website)
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Chloranthales
Family
Chloranthaceae
Genus
Sarcandra
Specific Epithet
glabra
Authorship
(Thunb.) Nakai
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 101.8
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
10.0
Global rank
#604 of 335,497
Top 1,000 globally
Extinction probability
10%
