Native to Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone (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

Walters, G 1649

April 16, 2006

Location

Gabon, Estuaire

0.416278, 9.490083

Location Remarks

Libreville - Aboretum Sibang. Elev. 30 m.

Collectors

Gretchen Walters, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, J.P. Van de Weghe

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Xyridaceae

Genus

Xyris

Specific Epithet

filiformis

Authorship

Lam.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 16.1

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.7

Global rank

#67,464 of 335,497

Top 21%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →