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Taxon

Disperis egregia Summerh.

Protologue Kew Bull. 6(3): 464. 1952 [1951 publ. 26 Jan 1952]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE • Critically Endangered
Disperis egregia--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 162.jpg

Disperis egregia--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 162.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Disperis egregia--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 161.jpg

Disperis egregia--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 12 Jul 04. 161.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Endemic to Tanzania (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

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

No collection number

July 12, 2004

Location

Kenya (Nairobi Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

Part of the National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill Rd. and Kipande Rd., Nairobe.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Disperis

Specific Epithet

egregia

Authorship

Summerh.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.7

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

EDGE List

Threat status

Critically Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

6.4

Global rank

#2,068 of 335,497

Top 0.7%

Extinction probability

98%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →