Native to Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Namibia, Northern Provinces (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

L. Nanyeni 1157

March 15, 2018

Location

Namibia, Windhoek District

-22.7005, 17.081056

Location Remarks

Monteiro Self-Catering and Camping, 19 km S of Windhoek on Highway B1 (A resort facility with remnant vegetation).

Collectors

Leevi Nanyeni, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell

Notes

Herb in seasonally moist sand.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Lophiocarpaceae

Genus

Lophiocarpus

Specific Epithet

polystachyus

Authorship

Turcz.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 18.7

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.4

Global rank

#25,227 of 335,497

Top 8%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →