Native to Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Tanzania, Morogoro, Ulanga (Msogezi)
-8.619167, 36.725556
Location Remarks
Vigoi Division, Isogo Ward. Behind Chikuti Village store, along road to Ifakara. 530 m elev.
Collectors
Gabriel Simon Laizer, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Leptactina
Specific Epithet
platyphylla
Authorship
(Hiern) Wernham
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#320,543 of 335,497
Top 96%
Extinction probability
6%