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Endemic to Tanzania (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Tanzania, Njombe, Makete (Kitulo)
-9.033083, 33.892667
Location Remarks
Kitulo National Park. Kitulo Plateau mmontane grassland. 2713 m elev.
Collectors
William J. Kindeketa, Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Decumbent shrub with flowering branch tips ascending. Endemic to this region of Tanzania.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Proteales
Family
Proteaceae
Genus
Protea
Specific Epithet
humifusa
Authorship
Beard
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#54,136 of 335,497
Top 17%
Extinction probability
39%
