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, Daniel Letocart, Irène Letocart, David Bruy

Notes

Branched tree ca. 7-8 m tall. Leaves dark green above, pale yellow green below. Inflorescence axes pale green, flowers yellow.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Paracryphiales

Family

Paracryphiaceae

Genus

Sphenostemon

Specific Epithet

pachycladus

Authorship

Baill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 10.9

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#102,896 of 335,497

Top 31%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →