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Taxon

Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex K.Heyne

Protologue Nutt. Pl. Ned.-Ind., ed. 2 2: 755. 1927IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Peltophorum ferrugineum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 062.jpg

Peltophorum ferrugineum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 062.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Peltophorum ferrugineum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 061.jpg

Peltophorum ferrugineum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 061.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Peltophorum ferrugineum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 059.jpg

Peltophorum ferrugineum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 059.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Peltophorum ferrugineum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 060.jpg

Peltophorum ferrugineum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 060.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam; introduced into 51 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (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

Davidson C. s.n.

December 7, 2003

Location

Cameroon, Southwest (Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.)

3.950278, 9.238333

Location Remarks

Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Peltophorum

Specific Epithet

pterocarpum

Authorship

(DC.) Backer ex K.Heyne

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 9.1

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

0.7

Global rank

#69,546 of 335,497

Top 21%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →