Native to Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Uganda (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

No collection number

December 3, 2003

Location

Cameroon

3.950278, 9.238333

Location Remarks

Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Marantaceae

Genus

Hypselodelphys

Specific Epithet

scandens

Authorship

Louis & Mullend.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.8

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

0.3

Global rank

#165,448 of 335,497

Top 50%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →