Mussaenda arcuata, WKindeketa2991--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 255.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata, WKindeketa2991--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 254.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata, WKindeketa2991--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 256.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata, WKindeketa2991--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 259.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 358.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 361.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 359.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 362.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 364.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 363.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 360.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 365.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. Lirhanda Hill. 8 Jul 04. 056.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. Lirhanda Hill. 8 Jul 04. 051.jpg
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Mussaenda arcuata--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. Lirhanda Hill. 8 Jul 04. 053.jpg
Mussaenda arcuata--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. Lirhanda Hill. 8 Jul 04. 052.jpg
Native to Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)
-0.378611, 35.266389
Location Remarks
Gilgil on Hwy A1
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga (Buffalo City NU, Lowveld National Botanical Garden)
-33.016111, 27.808333
Location Remarks
City of Nelspruit
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Tanzania, Mbeya, Rungwe (Swaya)
-9.035833, 33.569722
Location Remarks
Mporoto Ridge; beginning of access road to Ngozi Crater, in lower montane forest. 2015 m elev.
Collectors
William J. Kindeketa, Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Mussaenda
Specific Epithet
arcuata
Authorship
Poir.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#265,052 of 335,497
Top 80%
Extinction probability
11%
