Native to Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

June 25, 2004

Location

Kenya (Nairobi Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

Part of the National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill Rd. and Kipande Rd., Nairobe.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Polystachya

Specific Epithet

adansoniae

Authorship

Rchb.f.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.6

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

#291,513 of 335,497

Top 87%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →