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atropurpurea

Taxon

Ochna atropurpurea DC.

Protologue Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. xvii. (1811) 412.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Ochna atropurpurea--CA. L.A. County Arbor. Mar 71 002.jpg

Ochna atropurpurea--CA. L.A. County Arbor. Mar 71 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ochna atropurpurea--CA. L.A. County Arbor.  Apr 74. 003.jpg

Ochna atropurpurea--CA. L.A. County Arbor. Apr 74. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ochna atropurpurea--CA. L.A. County Arbor.  Apr 74. 005.jpg

Ochna atropurpurea--CA. L.A. County Arbor. Apr 74. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, Vietnam, Zimbabwe; introduced into Florida, Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences 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

April 1, 1974

Location

United States, California (Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

301 N. Baldwin Ave, Arcadia

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

March 1, 1971

Location

United States, California (Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

301 N. Baldwin Ave, Arcadia

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Ochnaceae

Genus

Ochna

Specific Epithet

atropurpurea

Authorship

DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.9

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

0.3

Global rank

#143,350 of 335,497

Top 43%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →