Native to 76 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and Australasia; introduced into Florida, Puerto Rico (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

Kindeketa, W 2879

February 15, 2006

Location

Tanzania, Morogoro, Ulanga

-8.619167, 36.725556

Location Remarks

Vigoi Division, Isogo Ward. Behind Chikuti Village store, along road to Ifakara. 530 m elev.

Collectors

O.C. Nkawamba, G. Simon Laizer, P. Ezrom, Sharon A. Bodine

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Phyllanthaceae

Genus

Flueggea

Specific Epithet

virosa

Authorship

(Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle

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

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#305,967 of 335,497

Top 92%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →