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Taxon

Sida acuta Burm.fil.

Protologue Fl. Indica 147. 1768 [1 Mar-6 Apr 1768]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Sida acuta--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 272.jpg

Sida acuta--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 272.jpg

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Sida acuta--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 271.jpg

Sida acuta--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 271.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Sida acuta--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 273.jpg

Sida acuta--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 273.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Sida acuta--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 270.jpg

Sida acuta--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 270.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 98 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into 33 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (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

December 11, 2003

Location

Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)

5.8512, -0.17296

Location Remarks

Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Sida

Specific Epithet

acuta

Authorship

Burm.fil.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

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

0.1

Global rank

#233,166 of 335,497

Top 70%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →