Pterocarya, Boufford, D 43722--China. Sichuan. GuoBaiAn to YangLiuPing. 14 May 2014. DSC06781 (92).JPG
Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Sichuan, Ya'an (Baoxing, Baoxing County)
30.808889, 102.724444
Location Remarks
Baoxing Xian. N of the city of Baoxing on the Baoxing-Xiaojin Road (state road G210); Xinzhazi Gou (known locally as Mahuang Gou) just N of Jiajin Shan National Forest Park. Clearings and small remnant forest of Populus and Salix, but with planted trees of Pinus, Larix and Picea, in flat areas along rocky stream bed. Entire area severely grazed by animals, mostly goats, and extensively rutted by pigs. 2415-2500 m elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Yun-Dong Gao
Identified by
Notes
At edge of river at base of slope. Tree ca. 20 m tall; with both staminate and pistillate catkins; staminate catkins arising from near base of current year's branchlets, dropping easily.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fagales
Family
Juglandaceae
Genus
Pterocarya
Specific Epithet
macroptera
Authorship
Batalin
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#63,393 of 335,497
Top 19%
Extinction probability
23%
