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Taxon

Petrea volubilis L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 626. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Petraea arborea--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 121.jpg

Petraea arborea--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 121.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 36 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into East Himalaya, Gambia, Marshall 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

November 24, 2002

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Verbenaceae

Genus

Petrea

Specific Epithet

volubilis

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.5

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

0.3

Global rank

#171,703 of 335,497

Top 52%

Extinction probability

8%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →