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ugandensis

Taxon

Aerangis ugandensis Summerh.

Protologue Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931(7): 390. [21 Jul 1931]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Aerangis ugandensis cf--Kenya. Limuru.  Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 078.jpg

Aerangis ugandensis cf--Kenya. Limuru. Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 078.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Aerangis ugandensis cf--Kenya. Limuru.  Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 076.jpg

Aerangis ugandensis cf--Kenya. Limuru. Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 076.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aerangis ugandensis cf--Kenya. Limuru.  Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 077.jpg

Aerangis ugandensis cf--Kenya. Limuru. Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 077.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

July 12, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kiambu, Limuru (Barry Cameron's private garden)

Location Remarks

Town of Limuru, about 30 miles northwest of Nairobi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Aerangis

Specific Epithet

ugandensis

Authorship

Summerh.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.8

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

#262,621 of 335,497

Top 79%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →