Gereau, R 7039

Agelanthus nyasicus (Baker & Sprague) Polhill & Wiens

January 26, 2008

Tanzania

This occurrence of Agelanthus nyasicus (Baker & Sprague) Polhill & Wiens (Gereau, R 7039) was collected on January 26, 2008 in Tanzania. Flora of the World includes 15 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Agelanthus nyasicus, RGereau7039--Tanz. Mbeya Rural Distr. Utengule Coffee Lodge. 26 Jan 08. 166.jpg

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Record Number

Gereau, R 7039

Collection Date

January 26, 2008 · Tanzania

Collectors

Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Remarks

Woody parasite on Monotes. Ovary wine-purple; corolla pale yellow on tubular part of base, red-orange on main part of tube, bright yellow at level of stamens, dark purple at apex.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Santalales

Family

Loranthaceae

Genus

Agelanthus

Specific Epithet

nyasicus

Authorship

(Baker & Sprague) Polhill & Wiens

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.0

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

0.5

Global rank

#96,549 of 335,497

Top 29%

Extinction probability

14%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →