Pentanisia monticola, RGereau6994--Tanz. Mbeya Rural Distr. Pungaluma Hills. 23 Jan 08. 135.jpg
Native to Burundi, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Tanzania, Mbeya, Mbeya (Mshewe)
-8.8275, 33.263889
Location Remarks
Pungaluma Hills, NE of Mshewe Village, above Utengule Coffee Estate factory in miombo woodland on W-facing slope. 1550 m elev.
Collectors
Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Sharon A. Bodine
Notes
Occasional herb ca. 1 m high. Corolla tube pale green, lobes white tinged and veined pink.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Pentanisia
Specific Epithet
monticola
Authorship
(K.Krause) Verdc.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#146,053 of 335,497
Top 44%
Extinction probability
11%
