Thonningia sanguinea--Ghana. Kakum Nat. Park, 12 Dec 03. 191.jpg
Native to Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
Ghana, Central
5.416667, -1.316667
Location Remarks
Kakum National Park, reached via Jukwa Rd., 33 km north of Cape Coast. Moist evergreen rainforest.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Uganda
Location Remarks
Kibale Forest
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Cameroon, Southwest
3.950278, 9.238333
Location Remarks
Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Santalales
Family
Balanophoraceae
Genus
Thonningia
Specific Epithet
sanguinea
Authorship
Vahl
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 62.2
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
6.7
Global rank
#1,837 of 335,497
Top 0.6%
Extinction probability
11%
