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Vitaceae Ampelocissus africana | Taxonomy | Flora of the World

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Taxon

Ampelocissus africana (Lour.) Merr.

Protologue Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 24(2): 253. 1935BHL IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

Least Concern

Ampelocissus africana (Lour.) Merr. belongs to the Vitaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Ampelocissus africana, RGereau6834--Tanz. Mzelezi For. Res. Mahenge-Sali. 14 Feb 06. 378.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gereau, R 6834

February 13, 2006

Location

Tanzania, Morogoro, Ulanga

-8.619167, 36.725556

Location Remarks

Vigoi Division, Isogo Ward. Behind Chikuti Village store, along road to Ifakara. 530 m elev.

Collectors

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Vitales

Family

Vitaceae

Genus

Ampelocissus

Specific Epithet

africana

Authorship

(Lour.) Merr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 27.6

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.1

Global rank

#37,826 of 335,497

Top 12%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →