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.
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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Xyridaceae
Genus
Xyris
Specific Epithet
filiformis
Authorship
Lam.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 16.1
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#67,464 of 335,497
Top 21%
Extinction probability
5%