Erythrocephalum longifolium Benth. ex Oliv. belongs to the Asteraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Gereau, R 7050

January 26, 2008

Location

Tanzania, Mbeya, Mbeya

-8.8275, 33.263889

Location Remarks

Pungaluma Hills, NE of Mshewe Village, above Utengule Coffee Estate factory in miombo woodland on W-facing slope. 1550 m elev.

Collectors

Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Frequent. Ray corollas pink outside, bright red inside; disk corollas dark red. Abundant "metallic" beetles.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Erythrocephalum

Specific Epithet

longifolium

Authorship

Benth. ex Oliv.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.4

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#296,845 of 335,497

Top 89%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →