Megaphrynium macrostachyum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 259.jpg
Native to Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Togo, Uganda (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
Cameroon
3.950278, 9.238333
Location Remarks
Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Madagascar, Diana, Antsiranana (Limbe Botanic Garden)
-12.611667, 49.461667
Location Remarks
City of Limbe
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Gabon, Estuaire
0.416278, 9.490083
Location Remarks
Libreville - Aboretum Sibang. Elev. 30 m.
Collectors
Miguel E. Leal, Diosdado Nguema, Etienne Mounoumoulossi, Prance Bissiemou, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Marantaceae
Genus
Megaphrynium
Specific Epithet
macrostachyum
Authorship
(K.Schum.) Milne-Redh.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#104,797 of 335,497
Top 32%
Extinction probability
11%
