Native to Botswana, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe (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

Gereau, R 7039

January 27, 2008

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

Notes

Woody parasite on Monotes. Ovary wine-purple; corolla pale yellow on tubular part of base, red-orange on main part of tube, bright yellow at level of stamens, dark purple at apex.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Santalales

Family

Loranthaceae

Genus

Agelanthus

Specific Epithet

nyasicus

Authorship

(Baker & Sprague) Polhill & Wiens

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.0

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

0.5

Global rank

#96,549 of 335,497

Top 29%

Extinction probability

14%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →