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macrocarpa

Taxon

Brucea macrocarpa Stannard

Protologue Kew Bull. 40(1): 38. 1985 [11 Feb 1985]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE • Endangered
Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru.  Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 047.jpg

Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru. Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 047.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru.  Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 045.jpg

Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru. Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 045.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru.  Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 046.jpg

Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru. Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 046.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru.  Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 048.jpg

Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru. Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 048.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru.  Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 044.jpg

Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru. Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 044.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru.  Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 049.jpg

Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru. Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 049.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru.  Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 050.jpg

Brucea macrocarpa--Kenya. Limuru. Barry Cameron's Garden. 12 Jul 04. 050.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Kenya (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

July 12, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kiambu, Limuru (Barry Cameron's private garden)

Location Remarks

Town of Limuru, about 30 miles northwest of Nairobi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Sapindales

Family

Simaroubaceae

Genus

Brucea

Specific Epithet

macrocarpa

Authorship

Stannard

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 12.7

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

EDGE List

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

6.0

Global rank

#2,410 of 335,497

Top 0.8%

Extinction probability

49%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →