Calanthe sylvatica, WKindeketa2974--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 142.jpg
Calanthe sylvatica, WKindeketa2974--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 139.jpg
Calanthe sylvatica, WKindeketa2974--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 138.jpg
Calanthe sylvatica, WKindeketa2974--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 145.jpg
Calanthe sylvatica, WKindeketa2974--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 140.jpg
Calanthe sylvatica, WKindeketa2974--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 144.jpg
Calanthe sylvatica, WKindeketa2974--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 141.jpg
Calanthe sylvatica, WKindeketa2974--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 143.jpg
Calanthe sylvatica cf--Cameroon. Mt. Cameroon. 5 Dec 03. 068.jpg
Calanthe sylvatica cf--Cameroon. Mt. Cameroon. 5 Dec 03. 067.jpg
Calanthe sylvatica cf--Cameroon. Mt. Cameroon. 5 Dec 03. 066.jpg
Calanthe sylvatica cf--Cameroon. Mt. Cameroon. 5 Dec 03. 066a (2).jpg
Calanthe sylvatica cf--Cameroon. Mt. Cameroon. 5 Dec 03. 066a (1).jpg
Calanthe sylvatica cf--Cameroon. Mt. Cameroon. 5 Dec 03. 066a (4).jpg
Calanthe sylvatica cf--Cameroon. Mt. Cameroon. 5 Dec 03. 069.jpg
Calanthe sylvatica cf--Cameroon. Mt. Cameroon. 5 Dec 03. 066a (3).jpg
Native to Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Cameroon, Southwest
3.950278, 9.238333
Location Remarks
Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Tanzania, Mbeya, Rungwe (Swaya)
-9.035833, 33.569722
Location Remarks
Mporoto Ridge; beginning of access road to Ngozi Crater, in lower montane forest. 2015 m elev.
Collectors
William J. Kindeketa, Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Calanthe
Specific Epithet
sylvatica
Authorship
(Thouars) Lindl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#315,861 of 335,497
Top 95%
Extinction probability
10%
