Viola yunnanensis, D. Boufford 44158--China. Yunnan. Bu Long Shan. 6 May 2018. DSC02824 (221).JPG
Native to Assam, Borneo, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Yunnan, Jinghong Xian. (Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Jinghong)
22.437778, 101.020278
Location Remarks
Jinghong-shi. Xishuangbanna Daizuzi-Zhizhou; northeast of Dadugang-Xiang and between Dadugang-Xiang and Puwen-zhen along route G213. Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest with mixed Fagaceae (Castanopsis and Lithocarpus) and Lauraceae with Engelhardtia and several genera of Fabaceae. 965-1200 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou
Notes
On nearly vertical, moist, soil bank along trail. Most individuals stoloniferous; calyx green, petals white, most petals already fallen.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Viola
Specific Epithet
yunnanensis
Authorship
W.Becker & H.Boissieu
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#223,514 of 335,497
Top 67%
Extinction probability
10%
