Native to Benin, Central African Republic, Comoros, Eritrea, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Vietnam, Yemen (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

Gereau, R 7160

May 7, 2010

Location

Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Kinondoni (Dar es Salaam, Kunduchi)

-6.688889, 39.223611

Location Remarks

Kunduchi Beach, ca. 1.3 km S of Beachcomber Hotel and Resort. Flat sandy waste ground ca. 20 m from shoreline.

Collectors

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Pedaliaceae

Genus

Pedalium

Specific Epithet

murex

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.1

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

#330,062 of 335,497

Top 99%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →