Endemic to Madagascar; introduced into 44 botanical countries across Africa, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected

January 16, 2006

Location

Madagascar, Atsimo-Atsinanana, Toliara

-22.886389, 44.692222

Location Remarks

Zombitse National Park. Along trail to the west of the main parking lot just off of National Route ú7. Specimens preserved in alcohol.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Cryptostegia

Specific Epithet

grandiflora

Authorship

(Roxb.) R.Br.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.5

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

0.1

Global rank

#283,470 of 335,497

Top 85%

Extinction probability

16%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →