Native to Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Eswatini, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

March 16, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Lydenburg)

-25.315833, 30.495278

Location Remarks

Buffelskloof Private Nature Reserve

Collectors

No collectors specified

Nanyeni 1204

March 21, 2018

Location

Namibia, Opuwo District, Kunene Region

-19.260028, 13.877306

Location Remarks

Location withheld.

Collectors

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

Notes

Dark-appearing, dioecious, low shrub c. 0.75 m. Highly aromatic.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gunnerales

Family

Myrothamnaceae

Genus

Myrothamnus

Specific Epithet

flabellifolius

Authorship

(Sond.) Welw.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 23.3

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

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

2.7

Global rank

#9,025 of 335,497

Top 3%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →