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macrocarpa

Taxon

Lavigeria macrocarpa (Oliv.) Pierre

Protologue Fl. Forest. Cochinch. Fasc. 17 (1892) sub. t. 267.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE Research • Predicted not threatened
Lavigeria macrocarpa--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 094.jpg

Lavigeria macrocarpa--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 094.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lavigeria macrocarpa--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 093.jpg

Lavigeria macrocarpa--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 093.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lavigeria macrocarpa--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 095.jpg

Lavigeria macrocarpa--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 095.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lavigeria macrocarpa--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 092.jpg

Lavigeria macrocarpa--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 092.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lavigeria macrocarpa--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 096.jpg

Lavigeria macrocarpa--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 096.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

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

Davidson C. s.n.

December 7, 2003

Location

Cameroon, Southwest (Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.)

3.950278, 9.238333

Location Remarks

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

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Icacinales

Family

Icacinaceae

Genus

Lavigeria

Specific Epithet

macrocarpa

Authorship

(Oliv.) Pierre

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 17.4

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.8

Global rank

#17,995 of 335,497

Top 6%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →