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Taxon

Ehretia rigida (Thunb.) Druce

Protologue Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4(Suppl. 2): 620. 1917 [Jul 1917]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Ehretia rigida--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 199.jpg

Ehretia rigida--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 199.jpg

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Ehretia rigida--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 201.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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By Christopher Davidson

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Ehretia rigida--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 200.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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By Christopher Davidson

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Ehretia rigida--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 195.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ehretia rigida--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Hluhluwe Game Res.  30 Sep 03. 081.jpg

Ehretia rigida--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Hluhluwe Game Res. 30 Sep 03. 081.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ehretia rigida--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Hluhluwe Game Res.  30 Sep 03. 080.jpg

Ehretia rigida--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Hluhluwe Game Res. 30 Sep 03. 080.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ehretia rigida--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Hluhluwe Game Res.  30 Sep 03. 082.jpg

Ehretia rigida--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Hluhluwe Game Res. 30 Sep 03. 082.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ehretia rigida--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Hluhluwe Game Res.  30 Sep 03. 079.jpg

Ehretia rigida--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Hluhluwe Game Res. 30 Sep 03. 079.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

March 6, 2005

Location

South Africa, Eastern Cape (Woodridge)

-33.902222, 25.212222

Location Remarks

Van Staden's Wildflower Reserve is about 40 km west of Port Elizabeth, on the old cape Road (R102). Take the N2 out of the city towards Cape Town. After 40km turn left off the N2 to Van Staden's Pass. The entrance to the Flower Reserve is on the right less than a kilometre from the N2.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

September 30, 2003

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Hibiscus Coast NU)

-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

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Boraginales

Family

Ehretiaceae

Genus

Ehretia

Specific Epithet

rigida

Authorship

(Thunb.) Druce

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.2

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

0.3

Global rank

#147,878 of 335,497

Top 45%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →