Neuradopsis austroafricana, C. Davidson 13747--Namiba. Hwy D1471-D1482 jct, odom 135.4. 26 Mar 2018. DSC03448 (24).JPG
Native to Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Namibia, Windhoek District, Khomas Region
-22.739167, 18.001083
Location Remarks
Pepperkorrel 294 Farm. Off M51, c. 500 m east of junction with road 1482, then 1.3 km northeast on road 1472 Acacia woodland on a small limestone hill east of the farm buildings. 1479 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Leevi Nanyeni, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell
Notes
In deep sand on the roadside. Annual or short-lived perennial; branches prostrate, the flowering ends ascending, the flowers thus erect and very showy.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Neuradaceae
Genus
Neuradopsis
Specific Epithet
austroafricana
Authorship
(Schinz) Bremek. & Oberm.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 40.8
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
5.2
Global rank
#3,019 of 335,497
Top 0.9%
Extinction probability
13%
