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urcelliformis

Taxon

Rothmannia urcelliformis (Hiern) Bullock ex Robyns

Protologue Fl. Spermatophyt. Parc Nat. Albert ii. 340 (1947).IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Limuru. Garden of Sally Higgins. 11 Jul 04. 001.jpg

Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Limuru. Garden of Sally Higgins. 11 Jul 04. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Limuru. Garden of Sally Higgins. 11 Jul 04. 005.jpg

Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Limuru. Garden of Sally Higgins. 11 Jul 04. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Limuru. Garden of Sally Higgins. 11 Jul 04. 006.jpg

Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Limuru. Garden of Sally Higgins. 11 Jul 04. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Limuru. Garden of Sally Higgins. 11 Jul 04. 002.jpg

Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Limuru. Garden of Sally Higgins. 11 Jul 04. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard.  26 Jun 04. 002.jpg

Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 26 Jun 04. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard.  26 Jun 04. 001.jpg

Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 26 Jun 04. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard.  26  Jun 04. 005.jpg

Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 26 Jun 04. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard.  26  Jun 04. 004.jpg

Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 26 Jun 04. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard.  26 Jun 04. 006.jpg

Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 26 Jun 04. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard.  26  Jun 04. 003.jpg

Rothmannia urcelliformis--Kenya. Nairobi Bot. Gard. 26 Jun 04. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

June 26, 2004

Location

Kenya (Nairobi Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

Part of the National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill Rd. and Kipande Rd., Nairobe.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

July 11, 2004

Location

Kenya (Sally Higgins' garden)

Location Remarks

Town of Limuru, about 30 miles northwest of Nairobi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Rothmannia

Specific Epithet

urcelliformis

Authorship

(Hiern) Bullock ex Robyns

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#324,650 of 335,497

Top 97%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →