Native to 50 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and Australasia (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

Bodine, S 192

February 17, 2006

Location

Tanzania, Morogoro, Ulanga

-8.619167, 36.725556

Location Remarks

Vigoi Division, Isogo Ward. Behind Chikuti Village store, along road to Ifakara. 530 m elev.

Collectors

Sharon A. Bodine, Roy E. Gereau, P. Ezrom, William J. Kindeketa, G. Simon Laizer, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, O.C. Nkawamba

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Commelinales

Family

Commelinaceae

Genus

Murdannia

Specific Epithet

simplex

Authorship

(Vahl) Brenan

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 10.8

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.6

Global rank

#81,610 of 335,497

Top 25%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →