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Taxon

Roscoea praecox K.Schum.

Protologue Pflanzenr. Zingib. 122. 1904 [4 Oct 1904]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted threatened
Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (7).jpg

Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (7).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142.jpg

Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (3).jpg

Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (9).jpg

Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (9).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (6).jpg

Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (6).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (2).jpg

Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (1).jpg

Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (5).jpg

Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (5).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (4).jpg

Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (4).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (8).jpg

Roscoea praecox, 36644-0598-2003--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 142 (8).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to China South-Central (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

36644-0598-2003

July 27, 2008

Location

Canada, British Columbia (University of British Columbia Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

6804 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Zingiberaceae

Genus

Roscoea

Specific Epithet

praecox

Authorship

K.Schum.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#150,973 of 335,497

Top 45%

Extinction probability

23%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →