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platyclada

Taxon

Muehlenbeckia platyclada (F.Muell.) Meisn.

Protologue Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 23: 313. 1865 (as platyclados)BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 315.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 315.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 310.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 310.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 317.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 317.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 316.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 316.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 318.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 318.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 308.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 308.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 311.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 311.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 309.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 309.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 307.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 307.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 314.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 314.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 313.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 313.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 312.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 312.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Homalocladium platycladium--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 007.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 007.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Homalocladium platycladium--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 004.jpg

Homalocladium platycladium--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Occurrences

Davidson C. s.n.

October 3, 2003

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, Durban Botanic Garden)

-29.84663, 31.00417

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

No collection number

March 20, 2008

Location

Australia, Victoria (Royal Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

Easy access off Birdwood Ave., which can be reached via St. Kilda Rd. or Domain Rd., Melbourne

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Polygonaceae

Genus

Muehlenbeckia

Specific Epithet

platyclada

Authorship

(F.Muell.) Meisn.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.4

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.6

Global rank

#87,964 of 335,497

Top 27%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Homalocladium platycladum (F.Muell.) L.H.Bailey

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy