Endemic to New Caledonia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
New Caledonia, South, Bourail
-22.503056, 165.556667
Location Remarks
Haute Téné, propriété de Mr. Jacques. (Upper Tene River Valley)
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Metrosideros
Specific Epithet
operculata
Authorship
Labill.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#174,085 of 335,497
Top 52%
Extinction probability
6%