Native to Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Togo, Uganda; introduced into Trinidad-Tobago; presence uncertain in Djibouti (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

March 14, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Lowveld National Botanical Garden)

-33.016111, 27.808333

Location Remarks

City of Nelspruit

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Ruspolia

Specific Epithet

hypocrateriformis

Authorship

(Vahl) Milne-Redh.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

#273,297 of 335,497

Top 82%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →