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odorata

Taxon

Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson

Protologue Fl. Ind. Syst. Account 1: 130. 1855BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Cananga odorata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 14 Dec 03. 058.jpg

Cananga odorata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 14 Dec 03. 058.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cananga odorata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 14 Dec 03. 060.jpg

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Cananga odorata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 14 Dec 03. 059.jpg

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Cananga odorata--Costa Rica. ARKHerb Farm. 2 Mch 02. 001.jpg

Cananga odorata--Costa Rica. ARKHerb Farm. 2 Mch 02. 001.jpg

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Cananga odorata--Costa Rica. ARKherb Farm. 2 Mch 02. 002.jpg

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Cananga odorata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 379.jpg

Cananga odorata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 379.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cananga odorata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 375.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cananga odorata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 376.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cananga odorata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 377.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cananga odorata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 374.jpg

Cananga odorata--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 374.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam; introduced into 44 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 3 countries.

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

No collection number

December 14, 2003

Location

Peru, Cusco, Calca (Lares District, Jardin des Plantes)

-12.983889, -72.063333

Location Remarks

Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

December 14, 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

No collection number

March 2, 2002

Location

Costa Rica (Ark Herb Farm)

Location Remarks

ARKherb Farm

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Magnoliales

Family

Annonaceae

Genus

Cananga

Specific Epithet

odorata

Authorship

(Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#139,060 of 335,497

Top 42%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →