Native to Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Taiwan (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

Davidson, C 12043

June 8, 2012

Location

China, Anhui, HuangShan (Huangshan, Huangshan District)

30.151333, 118.167

Location Remarks

HuangShan (Yellow Mountain). Long trail of stone steps from Resort hotel to the city gate. 1382 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Fu Cheng Xin, Qiuyun (Jenny) Xiang, Sharon R. Christoph, David E. Boufford

Notes

Herbaceous perennial; stems 1.5-2 m tall.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Ligularia

Specific Epithet

japonica

Authorship

(Thunb.) Less.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.7

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

#162,951 of 335,497

Top 49%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →