Taxon

Sterculia foetida L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 1008. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL page IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

Predicted not threatened

Sterculia foetida L. belongs to the Malvaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Sterculia foetida--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 423.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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No collection number

December 10, 2003

Location

Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)

5.8512, -0.17296

Location Remarks

Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Sterculia

Specific Epithet

foetida

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.3

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

#174,480 of 335,497

Top 53%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →