Begonia poculifera Hook.fil. belongs to the Begoniaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Gereau, R 6890

February 19, 2006

Location

Tanzania, Morogoro, Ulanga

-8.619167, 36.725556

Location Remarks

Vigoi Division, Isogo Ward. Behind Chikuti Village store, along road to Ifakara. 530 m elev.

Collectors

Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, O.C. Nkawamba

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Begoniaceae

Genus

Begonia

Specific Epithet

poculifera

Authorship

Hook.fil.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.4

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

0.2

Global rank

#172,104 of 335,497

Top 52%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →