Plerandra polydactylis, Lowry, P 6879--New Caledonia, Avangui Forest, Creek Hervrouet, 12 Nov 2007, DSC06599 (3).jpg
Endemic to New Caledonia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
New Caledonia, North
-21.32175, 165.0745
Location Remarks
Avangui, ca. 2.5 km W of Forêt Français on RPN 1, on N side of road at crossing over Creek Hervouet. Sclerophyllous forest on calcareous substrate with some ultramafic colluvium.
Collectors
Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Chrissen Gemmill, Jean-Noel Labat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Location
New Caledonia, Province Sud
-22.030611, 166.467667
Location Remarks
Mt. Dzumac, along road toward Mt. Ouin, just beyond the junction with the road into the Ouinné River Valley. Dense forest just below road. Non-ultramafic substrate. 910 m elev.
Collectors
Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Martin W. Callmander, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Bruce Gray, Gildas Gâteblé, Dominique Fleurot
Notes
Juvenile plant of no. 7419.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Plerandra
Specific Epithet
polydactylis
Authorship
(Montrouz.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett & Frodin
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#151,695 of 335,497
Top 46%
Extinction probability
24%
