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macrodiscus

Taxon

Chassalia macrodiscus K.Schum.

Protologue Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23(4): 469. 1897 [25 May 1897]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 149.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 149.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 144.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 144.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 167.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 167.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 146.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 146.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 159.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 159.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 166.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 166.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 143.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 143.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 160.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 160.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 154.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 154.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 157.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 157.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 151.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 151.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 147.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 147.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 165.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 165.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 148.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 148.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 164.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 164.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 168.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 168.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 145.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 145.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 153.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 153.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 155.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 155.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 161.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 161.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 156.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 156.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 150.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 150.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 162.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 162.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 158.jpg

Chassalia macrodiscus, G. Walters1704--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 158.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Angola, Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Walters, G 1704

April 23, 2006

Location

Gabon, Estuaire

0.416278, 9.490083

Location Remarks

Libreville - Aboretum Sibang. Elev. 30 m.

Collectors

Gretchen Walters, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Raoul Niangadouma

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Chassalia

Specific Epithet

macrodiscus

Authorship

K.Schum.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

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

0.1

Global rank

#245,169 of 335,497

Top 74%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →