Native to Afghanistan, Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Eswatini, Iran, Iraq, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe; introduced into 48 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

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

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Gossypium

Specific Epithet

herbaceum

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.7

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

#291,134 of 335,497

Top 87%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →