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Taxon

Pachystachys coccinea (Aubl.) Nees

Protologue Prodr. 11: 319. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Pachystachys coccinea--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 312.jpg

Pachystachys coccinea--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 312.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Pachystachys coccinea--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 311.jpg

Pachystachys coccinea--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 311.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Brazil North, French Guiana, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago (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

December 11, 2003

Location

Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)

5.8512, -0.17296

Location Remarks

Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Pachystachys

Specific Epithet

coccinea

Authorship

(Aubl.) Nees

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.5

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

#298,952 of 335,497

Top 90%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →