Native to Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal; introduced into Azores, Canary Is., Costa Rica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Great Britain, Honduras, Madeira, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Portugal, St.Helena, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Victoria (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Amathole
-32.283333, 27.583333
Location Remarks
Moonstone Farm. North of Stutterheim. East of Cathcart on R351, west of Butterworth on H2.
Collectors
Location
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
-31.006667, 30.177222
Location Remarks
Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.
Collectors
Zachary Scott Rogers, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell, David G. A. Styles
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Agapanthus
Specific Epithet
praecox
Authorship
Willd.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#333,624 of 335,497
Top 100%
Extinction probability
11%