Native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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
Location
Kenya, Limuru District
Location Remarks
Limuru village, 25 km north of Nairobi. Brackenhurst Botanic Garden & Forest. Trailside near Brackenhurst Center.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Asystasia
Specific Epithet
riparia
Authorship
Lindau
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#203,543 of 335,497
Top 61%
Extinction probability
11%