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Taxon

Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson

Protologue Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 235. 1860 [Oct-Nov 1860]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Asystasia gangetica--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. Rondo Retreat Ctr. 8 Jul 04. 083.jpg

Asystasia gangetica--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. Rondo Retreat Ctr. 8 Jul 04. 083.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asystasia gangetica--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. Rondo Retreat Ctr. 8 Jul 04. 082.jpg

Asystasia gangetica--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. Rondo Retreat Ctr. 8 Jul 04. 082.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asystasia gangetica--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 127.jpg

Asystasia gangetica--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 127.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asystasia gangetica--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 129.jpg

Asystasia gangetica--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 129.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asystasia gangetica--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal.Mtunzini, Raphia palm  Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 037.jpg

Asystasia gangetica--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal.Mtunzini, Raphia palm Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 037.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asystasia gangetica--So. Africa.  KwaZuluNatal. Mtunzini, Raphia palm  Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 038.jpg

Asystasia gangetica--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Mtunzini, Raphia palm Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 038.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asystasia gangetica--So. Africa.  KwaZuluNatal. Mtunzini, Raphia palm  Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 039.jpg

Asystasia gangetica--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Mtunzini, Raphia palm Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 039.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Asystasia gangetica--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 128.jpg

Asystasia gangetica--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 128.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia; introduced into 40 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 4 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

September 29, 2003

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Hibiscus Coast NU)

-31.006667, 30.177222

Location Remarks

Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

July 8, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)

-0.378611, 35.266389

Location Remarks

Gilgil on Hwy A1

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

December 7, 2003

Location

Madagascar, Diana, Antsiranana (Ankarangona, Limbe Botanic Garden)

-12.611667, 49.461667

Location Remarks

City of Limbe

Collectors

No collectors specified

Davidson C. s.n.

December 7, 2003

Location

Cameroon, Southwest (Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.)

3.950278, 9.238333

Location Remarks

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

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Asystasia

Specific Epithet

gangetica

Authorship

(L.) T.Anderson

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

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

0.1

Global rank

#248,737 of 335,497

Top 75%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →