Native to Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya; introduced into Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Thorne, R. F 12507

September 11, 1976

Location

Denmark (Copenhagen Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

Oster Farimagsgad 2B, Copenhagen.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 31, 1974

Location

United States, California (Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

301 N. Baldwin Ave, Arcadia

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Datiscaceae

Genus

Datisca

Specific Epithet

cannabina

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 15.9

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.5

Global rank

#22,760 of 335,497

Top 7%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →