Malus toringo (Siebold) de Vriese belongs to the Rosaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Not collected

May 28, 2016

Location

Japan, Honshu, Niigata

36.848667, 138.137194

Location Remarks

Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park. Suginosawa. Road 280 (on Google Maps) east to parking for trail to Naena-taki (waterfall). 785 m elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

In a boggy area by a wooden bridge.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Rosaceae

Genus

Malus

Specific Epithet

toringo

Authorship

(Siebold) de Vriese

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.9

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

0.4

Global rank

#129,789 of 335,497

Top 39%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Malus sieboldii (Regel) Rehder

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy