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Occurrence
Predicted threatened

No record number

November 20, 2002

South Africa

This occurrence of Erica retorta L.fil. was collected on November 20, 2002 in South Africa. Flora of the World includes 2 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Erica retorta--So. Africa. Harold Porter Nat.  Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 043.jpg

Erica retorta--So. Africa. Harold Porter Nat. Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 043.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Erica

Specific Epithet

retorta

Authorship

L.fil.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#237,896 of 335,497

Top 71%

Extinction probability

18%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →