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comostyla

Taxon

Pavetta comostyla S.Moore

Protologue J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xl. 98. 1911BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Near Threatened
Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 194.jpg

Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 194.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 193.jpg

Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 193.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 197.jpg

Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 197.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 198.jpg

Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 198.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 196.jpg

Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 196.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 195.jpg

Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 195.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 199.jpg

Pavetta comostyla cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 199.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe (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

July 8, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)

-0.378611, 35.266389

Location Remarks

Gilgil on Hwy A1

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Pavetta

Specific Epithet

comostyla

Authorship

S.Moore

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Near Threatened

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#306,081 of 335,497

Top 92%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →