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Taxon

Anacardium occidentale L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 383. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Anacardium occidentale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 146.jpg

Anacardium occidentale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 146.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anacardium occidentale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 148.jpg

Anacardium occidentale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 148.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anacardium occidentale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 149.jpg

Anacardium occidentale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 149.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anacardium occidentale, Farfan 792--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. Laguna Valencia. 22 Oct 05. 067.jpg

Anacardium occidentale, Farfan 792--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. Laguna Valencia. 22 Oct 05. 067.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anacardium occidentale, Farfan 792--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. Laguna Valencia. 22 Oct 05. 069.jpg

Anacardium occidentale, Farfan 792--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. Laguna Valencia. 22 Oct 05. 069.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anacardium occidentale, Farfan 792--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. Laguna Valencia. 22 Oct 05. 068.jpg

Anacardium occidentale, Farfan 792--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. Laguna Valencia. 22 Oct 05. 068.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anacardium occidentale, Farfan 792--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. Laguna Valencia. 22 Oct 05. 066.jpg

Anacardium occidentale, Farfan 792--Peru. Edo. Madre de Dios. Laguna Valencia. 22 Oct 05. 066.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela; introduced into 61 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Farfan, J 792

October 22, 2005

Location

Peru, Madre de Dios, Tambopata (Las Piedras)

-12.483333, -68.813333

Location Remarks

Dist. Las Piedras, Lago Valencia. Bosque Ribereño.

Collectors

Jim Farfán Vargas, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, R. Pinedo

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

December 6, 2003

Location

Cameroon, Southwest, Antsiranana (Limbe, Limbe Botanic Garden)

4.018898, 9.197624

Location Remarks

City of Limbe

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Sapindales

Family

Anacardiaceae

Genus

Anacardium

Specific Epithet

occidentale

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.7

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

#206,054 of 335,497

Top 62%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →