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Taxon

Elegia persistens Mast.

Protologue Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(3-4, Beibl. 66): 8. 1900 [4 Dec 1900]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted threatened
Elegia persistens--So. Africa. Cape. Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 106.jpg

Elegia persistens--So. Africa. Cape. Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 106.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Elegia persistens--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 107.jpg

Elegia persistens--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 107.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Cape 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

No collection number

November 20, 2002

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden | Lydenburg)

-25.315833, 30.495278

Location Remarks

Rhodes Dr., Newlands, Cape Town

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Restionaceae

Genus

Elegia

Specific Epithet

persistens

Authorship

Mast.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#143,160 of 335,497

Top 43%

Extinction probability

21%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →