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flexuosa

Taxon

Roepera flexuosa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin

Protologue Pl. Syst. Evol. 240(1-4): 31 (2003).IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Borderline • Predicted threatened
Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (15).jpg

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (15).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (8).jpg

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (8).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (13).jpg

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (13).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (9).jpg

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (9).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (10).jpg

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (10).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (14).jpg

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (14).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (17).jpg

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (17).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (12).jpg

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (12).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (16).jpg

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (16).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (7).jpg

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (7).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (11).jpg

Roepera flexuosa, C. Davidson 11511B--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 001 (11).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

Davidson C., Dalzell C., Christoph S.R. 11511B

August 24, 2009

Location

South Africa, Western Cape (Bergrivier NU)

-32.732111, 18.187222

Location Remarks

Dirt road continuation of R27, along the coast 5 km N of Velddrif. Coastal dunes.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Christopher Dalzell, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Zygophyllales

Family

Zygophyllaceae

Genus

Roepera

Specific Epithet

flexuosa

Authorship

(Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.4

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

Borderline

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#52,110 of 335,497

Top 16%

Extinction probability

20%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →