Native to Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe; presence uncertain in Western Sahara (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

Gereau, R 7166

May 7, 2010

Location

Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Kinondoni (Dar es Salaam, Kunduchi)

-6.688889, 39.223611

Location Remarks

Kunduchi Beach, ca. 1.3 km S of Beachcomber Hotel and Resort. Flat sandy waste ground ca. 20 m from shoreline.

Collectors

Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Dipcadi

Specific Epithet

longifolium

Authorship

(Lindl.) Baker

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

#173,316 of 335,497

Top 52%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →