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capensis

Taxon

Typha capensis (Rohrb.) N.E.Br.

Protologue Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 11: 96. 1869BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Typha capensis--So. Africa. Durban. Zimbali Golf Estates. 3 Oct 03. 007.jpg

Typha capensis--So. Africa. Durban. Zimbali Golf Estates. 3 Oct 03. 007.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Typha capensis--So. Africa. Durban. Zimbali Golf Estates. 3 Oct 03. 009.jpg

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By Christopher Davidson

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Typha capensis--So. Africa. Durban. Zimbali Golf Estates. 3 Oct 03. 006.jpg

Typha capensis--So. Africa. Durban. Zimbali Golf Estates. 3 Oct 03. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Typha capensis--So. Africa. Durban. Zimbali Golf Estates. 3 Oct 03. 010.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (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

October 3, 2003

Location

South Africa

Location Remarks

Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Typhaceae

Genus

Typha

Specific Epithet

capensis

Authorship

(Rohrb.) N.E.Br.

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

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#304,050 of 335,497

Top 91%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →