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falcatum

Taxon

Bulbophyllum falcatum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Protologue Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6(2): 258. 1861 [Oct-Dec 1861]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Bulbophyllum falcatum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 067.jpg

Bulbophyllum falcatum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 067.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Bulbophyllum falcatum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 068.jpg

Bulbophyllum falcatum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 068.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Bulbophyllum falcatum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 065.jpg

Bulbophyllum falcatum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 065.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Bulbophyllum falcatum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 066.jpg

Bulbophyllum falcatum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 066.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Bulbophyllum falcatum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 069.jpg

Bulbophyllum falcatum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 069.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda (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

October 12, 2004

Location

Cameroon, Southwest

3.950278, 9.238333

Location Remarks

Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Bulbophyllum

Specific Epithet

falcatum

Authorship

(Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.2

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

0.8

Global rank

#57,329 of 335,497

Top 18%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →