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alticola

Taxon

Moraea alticola Goldblatt

Protologue Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60(2): 255. 1973BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Moraea alticola--So. Africa. Natal Bot. Gard., Pietermaritzburg. 27 Nov 02. 48.jpg

Moraea alticola--So. Africa. Natal Bot. Gard., Pietermaritzburg. 27 Nov 02. 48.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

November 27, 2002

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Natal National Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

Mayor's Walk, Pietermaritzburg.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Moraea

Specific Epithet

alticola

Authorship

Goldblatt

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.4

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

0.3

Global rank

#162,853 of 335,497

Top 49%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →