Serruria aemula Knight belongs to the Proteaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Serruria aemula, 1276.84--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 074.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Proteales
Family
Proteaceae
Genus
Serruria
Specific Epithet
aemula
Authorship
Knight
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#134,453 of 335,497
Top 41%
Extinction probability
95%
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden | Lydenburg)
-25.315833, 30.495278
Location Remarks
Rhodes Dr., Newlands, Cape Town
Collectors
No collectors specified
Notes
Once common in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town; now critically endangered and perhaps now limited to Kirstenbosch B.G.
