Endemic to New Caledonia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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
Jerome Munzinger, Porter P. Lowry II, Martin W. Callmander, David Bruy, Bruce Gray, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Iridaceae
Genus
Patersonia
Specific Epithet
neocaledonica
Authorship
Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 17.9
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
8.6
Global rank
#906 of 335,497
Top 1,000 globally
Extinction probability
47%