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africana

Taxon

Cordia africana Lam.

Protologue Tabl. Encycl. n. 1896.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Cordia holstii--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03.  077.jpg

Cordia holstii--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 077.jpg

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Cordia holstii--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 076.jpg

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Cordia holstii--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov. 02. 132.jpg

Cordia holstii--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov. 02. 132.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cordia holstii--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov. 02. 133.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cordia holstii--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov. 02. 131.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cordia africana--Kenya. Maseno. Maseno Univ. Bot. Gard. 3 Jul 04. 014.jpg

Cordia africana--Kenya. Maseno. Maseno Univ. Bot. Gard. 3 Jul 04. 014.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cordia africana--Kenya. Maseno. Maseno Univ. Bot. Gard. 3 Jul 04. 013.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cordia africana--Kenya. Maseno. Maseno Univ. Bot. Gard. 3 Jul 04. 015.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cordia africana--Kenya. Maseno. Maseno Univ. Bot. Gard. 3 Jul 04. 011.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe; introduced into Mauritius, Réunion (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.

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

Davidson C. s.n.

October 3, 2003

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, Durban Botanic Garden)

-29.84663, 31.00417

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

No collection number

July 3, 2004

Location

Kenya (Maseno University Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

Town of Maseno, about 25 km northwest of Kisumu on Kisumu-Busia Road.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Boraginales

Family

Cordiaceae

Genus

Cordia

Specific Epithet

africana

Authorship

Lam.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.3

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

#200,346 of 335,497

Top 60%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Cordia holstii Gürke ex Engl.

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy