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Gesneriaceae Episcia sphalera Leeuwenb. | Taxonomy | Flora of the World

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Taxon

Episcia sphalera Leeuwenb.

Protologue Acta Bot. Neerl. 7: 310, fig. 27. 1958IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

Predicted not threatened

Episcia sphalera, JSmith4136--Fr. Guiana. The inselberg at Les Nouragues. 15 Mch 02. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Brazil North, French Guiana, Suriname (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

Smith, J. F 4136

March 15, 2002

Location

French Guiana, French Guiana (Roura)

4.558556, -52.463417

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village

Collectors

James F. Smith

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Gesneriaceae

Genus

Episcia

Specific Epithet

sphalera

Authorship

Leeuwenb.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.9

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

0.2

Global rank

#219,215 of 335,497

Top 66%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →