Native to Comoros, Madagascar (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Madagascar, Atsimo-Atsinanana, Toliara
-22.886389, 44.692222
Location Remarks
Zombitse National Park. Along trail to the west of the main parking lot just off of National Route ú7. Specimens preserved in alcohol.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Icacinales
Family
Icacinaceae
Genus
Desmostachys
Specific Epithet
planchonianus
Authorship
Miers
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 13.4
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.0
Global rank
#15,380 of 335,497
Top 5%
Extinction probability
13%