Mabounie. Off route N1, ca. 41 km ESE of Lambarene, then left (c. N) at Lobi-Mbigou. Mine access road about half way to the river Ngounie (GPS is from the road terminus at the river). 92 m elev.

Collectors

Miguel E. Leal, Diosdado Nguema, Etienne Mounoumoulossi, Prance Bissiemou, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Apodanthaceae

Genus

Pilostyles

Specific Epithet

aethiopica

Authorship

Welw.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 20.3

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.8

Global rank

#17,075 of 335,497

Top 6%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Berlinianche aethiopica (Welw.) Vattimo-Gil

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy