Plantago palmata, RGereau7010--Tanz. Mbeya Rural Distr. Ngozi Crater. 26 Jan 08. 020.jpg
Plantago palmata, RGereau7010--Tanz. Mbeya Rural Distr. Ngozi Crater. 26 Jan 08. 021.jpg
Plantago palmata, RGereau7010--Tanz. Mbeya Rural Distr. Ngozi Crater. 26 Jan 08. 017.jpg
Plantago palmata, RGereau7010--Tanz. Mbeya Rural Distr. Ngozi Crater. 26 Jan 08. 016.jpg
Plantago palmata, RGereau7010--Tanz. Mbeya Rural Distr. Ngozi Crater. 26 Jan 08. 018.jpg
Plantago palmata, RGereau7010--Tanz. Mbeya Rural Distr. Ngozi Crater. 26 Jan 08. 022.jpg
Plantago palmata, RGereau7010--Tanz. Mbeya Rural Distr. Ngozi Crater. 26 Jan 08. 015.jpg
Plantago palmata, RGereau7010--Tanz. Mbeya Rural Distr. Ngozi Crater. 26 Jan 08. 019.jpg
Plantago palmata--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 236.jpg
Plantago palmata--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 240.jpg
Native to Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)
-0.378611, 35.266389
Location Remarks
Gilgil on Hwy A1
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Tanzania, Mbeya, Rungwe (Swaya)
-9.035833, 33.569722
Location Remarks
Mporoto Ridge; beginning of access road to Ngozi Crater, in lower montane forest. 2015 m elev.
Collectors
Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, William J. Kindeketa, O.A. Kibure, Sharon A. Bodine
Notes
Abundant in center of jeep-track.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Plantago
Specific Epithet
palmata
Authorship
Hook.fil.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#179,255 of 335,497
Top 54%
Extinction probability
10%
