Endemic to Philippines; introduced into 39 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Pacific, and Southern America (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

Garden no. 87239B

April 7, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

20041386B

March 8, 2008

Location

Singapore, Singapore (Singapore Botanic Gardens)

Location Remarks

Address is 1 Cluny Road, where the Visitor Center is; the garden stretches between Holland Road and Bukit Timah Road (100 Cluny Park Road).

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Arecales

Family

Arecaceae

Genus

Areca

Specific Epithet

catechu

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#57,533 of 335,497

Top 18%

Extinction probability

23%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →