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Taxon

Terminalia catappa L.

Protologue Mant. Pl. 128. 1767 [15-31 Oct 1767]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Terminalia catappa--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 033.jpg

Terminalia catappa--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 033.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 47 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, and Pacific; introduced into 64 botanical countries across Africa, Tropical Asia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

March 20, 2006

Location

Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil (Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil)

Location Remarks

Zona Norte in Guayaquil, suburb of Las Orquideas, Avenida Francisco de Orellana.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Combretaceae

Genus

Terminalia

Specific Epithet

catappa

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.4

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

0.1

Global rank

#255,862 of 335,497

Top 77%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →