Native to Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Tanzania, Morogoro, Ulanga
-8.619167, 36.725556
Location Remarks
Vigoi Division, Isogo Ward. Behind Chikuti Village store, along road to Ifakara. 530 m elev.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Acalypha
Specific Epithet
ornata
Authorship
Hochst. ex A.Rich.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#278,970 of 335,497
Top 84%
Extinction probability
5%