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magnifica

Taxon

Medinilla magnifica Lindl.

Protologue in Paxt. Flow. Gard. i. (1850) 55. t. 12.IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted threatened
Medinilla magnifica--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 113.jpg

Medinilla magnifica--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 113.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Medinilla magnifica--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 111.jpg

Medinilla magnifica--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 111.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Philippines; introduced into Samoa (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

November 24, 2002

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Melastomataceae

Genus

Medinilla

Specific Epithet

magnifica

Authorship

Lindl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.6

Global rank

#77,233 of 335,497

Top 24%

Extinction probability

20%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →