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Xyris imitatrix Malme

Protologue Ark. Bot. 22A(4): 2. 1928BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 039.jpg

Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 039.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 043.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 045.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 038.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 040.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 046.jpg

Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 046.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 048.jpg

Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 048.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 044.jpg

Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 044.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 047.jpg

Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 047.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 041.jpg

Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 041.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 042.jpg

Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 042.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 049.jpg

Xyris imitatrix, GWalters1642--Gabon. Prv. Estuaire. Mondah For. 16 Apr 06. 049.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Angola, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Zambia (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

Walters, G 1642

April 16, 2006

Location

Gabon, Estuaire

0.416278, 9.490083

Location Remarks

Libreville - Aboretum Sibang. Elev. 30 m.

Collectors

Gretchen Walters, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, J.P. Van de Weghe

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Xyridaceae

Genus

Xyris

Specific Epithet

imitatrix

Authorship

Malme

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 17.5

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

2.0

Global rank

#15,501 of 335,497

Top 5%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →