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Taxon

Brownea grandiceps Jacq.

Protologue Collect. iii. 287. t. 22.IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Brownea grandiceps--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 135.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 135.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 137.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 137.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 136.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 136.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 140.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 140.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 139.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 10 Dec 03. 139.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 011.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 011.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 001.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 007.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 007.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 006.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 005.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 008.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 008.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 003.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 009.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 009.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 003.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 009.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 009.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 011.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 011.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 006.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 005.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 007.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 007.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 008.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 008.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard.  7 Oct 03. 001.jpg

Brownea grandiceps--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela; introduced into Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

October 7, 2003

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

October 7, 2003

Location

South Africa

Location Remarks

Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge

Collectors

No collectors specified

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

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

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Brownea

Specific Epithet

grandiceps

Authorship

Jacq.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#254,872 of 335,497

Top 76%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →