Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
New Caledonia, South
-22.504167, 166
Location Remarks
Sommet du Mont Do.
Collectors
Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Chrissen Gemmill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Location
New Caledonia, North
-21.32175, 165.0745
Location Remarks
Avangui, ca. 2.5 km W of Forêt Français on RPN 1, on N side of road at crossing over Creek Hervouet. Sclerophyllous forest on calcareous substrate with some ultramafic colluvium.
Collectors
Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Chrissen Gemmill, Jean-Noel Labat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asphodelaceae
Genus
Rhuacophila
Specific Epithet
javanica
Authorship
Blume
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#76,808 of 335,497
Top 23%
Extinction probability
11%