Native to Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe; introduced into Madagascar (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga
-25.795278, 31.085278
Location Remarks
Southeast of Barberton on highway R40 toward Swaziland. Saddleback Pass in Moodie Mountains.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Pavonia
Specific Epithet
columella
Authorship
Cav.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#78,223 of 335,497
Top 24%
Extinction probability
14%