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Taxon

Dyschoriste thunbergiiflora (S.Moore) Lindau

Protologue Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C (1895) 367.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Dyschoriste thunbergiflora--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04.  001.jpg

Dyschoriste thunbergiflora--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dyschoriste thunbergiflora--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 004.jpg

Dyschoriste thunbergiflora--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dyschoriste thunbergiflora--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 003.jpg

Dyschoriste thunbergiflora--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dyschoriste thunbergiflora--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 005.jpg

Dyschoriste thunbergiflora--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dyschoriste thunbergiflora--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 002.jpg

Dyschoriste thunbergiflora--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dyschoriste thunbergiflora--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 006.jpg

Dyschoriste thunbergiflora--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda; introduced into Leeward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

June 27, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)

-0.378611, 35.266389

Location Remarks

Gilgil on Hwy A1

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Dyschoriste

Specific Epithet

thunbergiiflora

Authorship

(S.Moore) Lindau

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#295,822 of 335,497

Top 89%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →