Native to 44 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into 41 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, and Northern America; presence uncertain in Texas (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

Walters, G 1696

April 22, 2006

Location

Gabon, Estuaire

0.416278, 9.490083

Location Remarks

Libreville - Aboretum Sibang. Elev. 30 m.

Collectors

Gretchen Walters, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Raoul Niangadouma

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Aeschynomene

Specific Epithet

americana

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.7

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

0.2

Global rank

#175,096 of 335,497

Top 53%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →