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Taxon

Amorphophallus gigas Teijsm. & Binn.

Protologue Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië xxiv. (1862) 329.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE • Predicted threatened
Amorphophallus gigas (no nr.)--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 15 Jan 03. 018.jpg

Amorphophallus gigas (no nr.)--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 15 Jan 03. 018.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Endemic to Sumatera (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 14, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Amorphophallus

Specific Epithet

gigas

Authorship

Teijsm. & Binn.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 30.5

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

EDGE List

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

9.3

Global rank

#722 of 335,497

Top 1,000 globally

Extinction probability

32%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →