Cyphostemma heterotrichum (Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm. belongs to the Vitaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Gereau, R 6986

January 22, 2008

Location

Tanzania, Mbeya, Mbeya

-8.8275, 33.263889

Location Remarks

Pungaluma Hills, NE of Mshewe Village, above Utengule Coffee Estate factory in miombo woodland on W-facing slope. 1550 m elev.

Collectors

Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Sharon A. Bodine

Notes

Erect or suberect herb ca. 90 cm high, rare. Petals dark red-purple; glands of disk light red-purple with black dot at apex.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Vitales

Family

Vitaceae

Genus

Cyphostemma

Specific Epithet

heterotrichum

Authorship

(Gilg & R.E.Fr.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

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

0.1

Global rank

#247,073 of 335,497

Top 74%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →