Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (230).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (228).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (238).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (227).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (243).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (224).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (239).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (232).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (241).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (240).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (242).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (235).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (233).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (247).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (244).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (229).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (246).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (237).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (231).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (234).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (223).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (226).JPG
Connarus pickeringii, Plunkett, G 3196--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (236).JPG
Native to Fiji, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Fiji, Vanua Levu (Cakaudrove Province, Wailevu district)
-16.645028, 179.203722
Location Remarks
Waisali Rainforest Reserve c. 30 km north of Hibiscus Highway in Savusavu on Cross Island Road; then southwest and downhill on a abandoned former logging road, now eroding. Much disturbance but an interesting understory persists. 420-460 m elev.
Collectors
Gregory M. Plunkett, Jerome Munzinger, Porter P. Lowry II, Alivereti Naikatini, Bruce Gray, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Epiphytic liana on large tree, 8 m above ground, growing in at edge of logging road, just uphill of the Waisali Rainforest Reserve. Fruits green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Oxalidales
Family
Connaraceae
Genus
Connarus
Specific Epithet
pickeringii
Authorship
A.Gray
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 15.4
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.5
Global rank
#22,695 of 335,497
Top 7%
Extinction probability
11%
