Aneilema beninense--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 269.jpg
Native to Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia; introduced into Hawaii (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Cameroon
3.950278, 9.238333
Location Remarks
Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Madagascar, Diana, Antsiranana (Limbe Botanic Garden)
-12.611667, 49.461667
Location Remarks
City of Limbe
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Commelinales
Family
Commelinaceae
Genus
Aneilema
Specific Epithet
beniniense
Authorship
(P.Beauv.) Kunth
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#167,154 of 335,497
Top 50%
Extinction probability
11%
