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.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Gereau, R 7010

January 25, 2008

Location

Tanzania, Mbeya, Rungwe

-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.

No collection number

July 7, 2004

Location

Kenya

-0.378611, 35.266389

Location Remarks

Gilgil on Hwy A1

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Plantago

Specific Epithet

palmata

Authorship

Hook.fil.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#179,255 of 335,497

Top 54%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →