Native to 118 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions; introduced into Azores, Canary Is., Kerguelen, Madeira, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Taiwan, Tasmania (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Chung Kuo-Fang 3341

May 18, 2016

Location

Taiwan, Taipei City, Beitou District

25.168194, 121.560306

Location Remarks

Yangmingshan National Park. Start of Qixingshan Trail, off Jingshan Rd. 849 m elev.

Collectors

Chung Kuo-Fang, Tseng Yu-Hsin, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Cloud forest with stunted vegetation. Fumaroles nearby. Culms arching off a seepage on a rock face.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Juncaceae

Genus

Luzula

Specific Epithet

multiflora

Authorship

(Ehrh.) Lej.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 9.3

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.7

Global rank

#67,445 of 335,497

Top 21%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →