Occurrence
Least Concern
Gereau, R 7058
This occurrence of Dioscorea schimperiana Hochst. ex Kunth (Gereau, R 7058) was collected on January 26, 2008 in Tanzania. Flora of the World includes 9 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.
Dioscorea, RGereau7058--Tanz. Mbeya Rural Distr. Utengule Coffee Lodge. 26 Jan 08. 335.jpg
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Dioscoreales
Family
Dioscoreaceae
Genus
Dioscorea
Specific Epithet
schimperiana
Authorship
Hochst. ex Kunth
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Conservation (EDGE)
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Least Concern
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#197,671 of 335,497
Top 59%
Extinction probability
6%