Native to Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe; introduced into Ghana (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

Bodine, S 201

February 18, 2006

Location

Tanzania, Morogoro, Ulanga (Msogezi)

-8.619167, 36.725556

Location Remarks

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

Collectors

Sharon A. Bodine, Roy E. Gereau, P. Ezrom, William J. Kindeketa, Gabriel Simon Laizer, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, O.C. Nkawamba

Notes

Extensive liana. Flowers in long, pendent racemes, green. Small, shady canyon in Miombo woodland.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Menispermaceae

Genus

Jateorhiza

Specific Epithet

palmata

Authorship

(Lam.) Miers

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.2

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

0.5

Global rank

#92,055 of 335,497

Top 28%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →