Native to Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Namibia, Opuwo District, Kunene Region
-19.260028, 13.877306
Location Remarks
Location withheld.
Collectors
Leevi Nanyeni, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell
Notes
Tree 6-7 m. Flowers white turning yellow
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Gardenia
Specific Epithet
volkensii
Authorship
K.Schum.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#310,620 of 335,497
Top 93%
Extinction probability
6%