Native to 49 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and Australasia; introduced into Madagascar (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected.

March 5, 2005

Location

South Africa, Eastern Cape (Woodridge)

-33.902222, 25.212222

Location Remarks

Van Staden's Wildflower Reserve is about 40 km west of Port Elizabeth, on the old cape Road (R102). Take the N2 out of the city towards Cape Town. After 40km turn left off the N2 to Van Staden's Pass. The entrance to the Flower Reserve is on the right less than a kilometre from the N2.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Brassicales

Family

Capparaceae

Genus

Capparis

Specific Epithet

sepiaria

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.9

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#219,514 of 335,497

Top 66%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →