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Taxon

Cordia myxa L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 190. 1753 [1 May 1753] (as Myxa)BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Cordia myxa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 093.jpg

Cordia myxa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 093.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cordia myxa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 092.jpg

Cordia myxa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 092.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cordia myxa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 094.jpg

Cordia myxa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 094.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cordia myxa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 091.jpg

Cordia myxa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 091.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cordia myxa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 095.jpg

Cordia myxa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 095.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam; introduced into 38 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (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., Christoph S.R. s.n.

March 14, 2005

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Boraginales

Family

Cordiaceae

Genus

Cordia

Specific Epithet

myxa

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.0

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

0.2

Global rank

#220,405 of 335,497

Top 66%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →