Sarcophyte sanguinea Sparrm. belongs to the Balanophoraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

No collection number

June 26, 2004

Location

Kenya

-0.378611, 35.266389

Location Remarks

Gilgil on Hwy A1

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Santalales

Family

Balanophoraceae

Genus

Sarcophyte

Specific Epithet

sanguinea

Authorship

Sparrm.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 40.7

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

3.8

Global rank

#5,067 of 335,497

Top 2%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →