Native to Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda; introduced into Madeira, Vanuatu (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

April 9, 2005

Location

United States, California, San Diego (San Diego Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

230 Quail Gardens Dr., Encinitas

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

June 27, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)

-0.378611, 35.266389

Location Remarks

Gilgil on Hwy A1

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Thunbergia

Specific Epithet

gregorii

Authorship

S.Moore

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.8

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

#242,003 of 335,497

Top 73%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →