Native to Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Tanzania; introduced into Brazil South, Florida, Hawaii, India, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico (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

No collection number

January 4, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Orange (Harry P. Leu Gardens)

35.201611, 24.0825

Location Remarks

1920 N Forest Ave., Orlando

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Barleria

Specific Epithet

repens

Authorship

Nees

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.7

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

0.2

Global rank

#208,944 of 335,497

Top 63%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →