Native to Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Gabon, Estuaire
0.416278, 9.490083
Location Remarks
Libreville - Aboretum Sibang. Elev. 30 m.
Collectors
Gretchen Walters, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, J.P. Van de Weghe
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Eriocaulaceae
Genus
Mesanthemum
Specific Epithet
radicans
Authorship
(Benth.) Körn.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#165,727 of 335,497
Top 50%
Extinction probability
6%