Melhania tulearensis Arènes belongs to the Malvaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Ranaivojaona, R 1372

January 16, 2006

Location

Madagascar, Atsimo-Atsinanana, Toliara

-22.886389, 44.692222

Location Remarks

Zombitse National Park. Along trail to the west of the main parking lot just off of National Route ú7. Specimens preserved in alcohol.

Collectors

Rolland Ranaivojaona

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Melhania

Specific Epithet

tulearensis

Authorship

Arènes

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#172,745 of 335,497

Top 52%

Extinction probability

34%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →