Planchonella vitiensis Gillespie belongs to the Sapotaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Munzinger, J 7346

November 3, 2015

Location

Fiji, Vanua Levu (Cakaudrove Prov.)

-16.626667, 179.017556

Location Remarks

Delaikoro Mountain. Road to cell tower, near the top. 926 m elev.

Collectors

Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Gregory M. Plunkett, Bruce Gray, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Alivereti Naikatini

Notes

Humid, mid-elevation forest to low, open cloud forest farther up the steep slopes. Tree 7-8 m.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Sapotaceae

Genus

Planchonella

Specific Epithet

vitiensis

Authorship

Gillespie

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.3

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

#165,292 of 335,497

Top 50%

Extinction probability

18%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →