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African Tulip Tree

Flowering Plants

Spathodea campanulata, the sole species in its genus, is commonly known as the African tulip tree or Nandi flame, a tree growing between 7 and 25 metres tall that is native to the tropical dry forests of Africa and was first identified by Europeans in 1787 on the Gold Coast. Widely planted as an ornamental throughout the tropics for its showy, bell-shaped reddish-orange or crimson flowers, it has been named among the hundred worst invasive species in the world.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 1

Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GNR Unranked 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Identification

Distinguishing Appearance

Large flamboyant reddish-orange flowers with approximately five petals 1

Scientific Name

Spathodea campanulata 1

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: African Tulip Tree

In Biome

Tropical Dry Forest

Source Spathodea campanulata - Wikipedia

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Central African Republic

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Sources

1. Spathodea campanulata - Wikipedia

Taxobox, scientific classification
Spathodea campanulata
Infobox: status
LC
Description
large flamboyant reddish-orange flowers that have approximately five petals
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 286041
Spathodea is a genus in the plant family Bignoniaceae.
In Biome: Tropical Dry Forest, Wikipedia intro: "rican tulip tree or the Nandi Flame. The tree grows between 7-25 m (23-82 ft) tall and is native to tropical dry forests of Africa. It has been nominated as amo..."

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2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

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3. NatureServe Explorer: Spathodea campanulata

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "GNR"

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Lamiales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12396

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12396

"cites_listing":"II/III/NC","eu_listing":"B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Lamiales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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Wikidata: African Tulip Tree

Wikidata Q16034822, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Child Taxon Of: Magnoliopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Bignoniaceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 99652

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 99652

"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Lamiales","family":"Bignoniaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"紫葳科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

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