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americana

Taxon

Mammea americana L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 512. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Mammea americana--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 046.jpg

Mammea americana--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 046.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Mammea americana--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 044.jpg

Mammea americana--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 044.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mammea americana--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 043.jpg

Mammea americana--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 043.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mammea americana--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 128.jpg

Mammea americana--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 128.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Mammea americana--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 126.jpg

Mammea americana--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 126.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.; introduced into Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Caroline Is., DR Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guinea, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela (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

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

March 14, 2005

Location

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

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

No collection number

March 20, 2006

Location

Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil (Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil)

Location Remarks

Zona Norte in Guayaquil, suburb of Las Orquideas, Avenida Francisco de Orellana.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Calophyllaceae

Genus

Mammea

Specific Epithet

americana

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.0

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#226,358 of 335,497

Top 68%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →