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Taxon

Elegia tectorum (L.f.) Moline & H.P.Linder

Protologue Syst. Bot. 30(4): 772. 2005 [13 Dec 2005]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Chondropetalum tectorum--So. Africa. Cape Prov. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19 Nov 02. 025.jpg

Chondropetalum tectorum--So. Africa. Cape Prov. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19 Nov 02. 025.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chondropetalum tectorum--So. Africa. Cape Prov. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19 Nov 02. 026.jpg

Chondropetalum tectorum--So. Africa. Cape Prov. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19 Nov 02. 026.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 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Occurrences

No collection number

November 19, 2002

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden | Lydenburg)

-25.315833, 30.495278

Location Remarks

Rhodes Dr., Newlands, Cape Town

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Restionaceae

Genus

Elegia

Specific Epithet

tectorum

Authorship

(L.f.) Moline & H.P.Linder

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

0.1

Global rank

#237,469 of 335,497

Top 71%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Chondropetalum tectorum (L.f.) Raf.

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy