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angolensis

Taxon

Maerua angolensis DC.

Protologue Prodr. 1: 254. 1824 [mid Jan 1824]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 207.jpg

Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 207.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 209.jpg

Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 209.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 212.jpg

Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 212.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maerua--Tanzania. Hwy B1. 28 Jun 04. 025.jpg

Maerua--Tanzania. Hwy B1. 28 Jun 04. 025.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 205.jpg

Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 205.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 204.jpg

Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 204.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 208.jpg

Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 208.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 210.jpg

Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 210.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 211.jpg

Maerua angolensis--Tanzania. Hwy B1 25 km SE of Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 211.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 36 botanical countries across Africa and Temperate Asia (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

No collection number

June 28, 2004

Location

Tanzania, Morogoro (Isongo)

-8.781944, 36.717222

Location Remarks

Hwy B1 Kifaru

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Brassicales

Family

Capparaceae

Genus

Maerua

Specific Epithet

angolensis

Authorship

DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.1

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

0.2

Global rank

#214,815 of 335,497

Top 65%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →