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Taxon

Protea nitida Mill.

Protologue Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 3. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Protea  nitida cf.--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 087.jpg

Protea nitida cf.--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 087.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Protea  nitida cf.--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 088.jpg

Protea nitida cf.--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 20 Nov 02. 088.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

Magnoliopsida

Order

Proteales

Family

Proteaceae

Genus

Protea

Specific Epithet

nitida

Authorship

Mill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.2

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

0.1

Global rank

#260,095 of 335,497

Top 78%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →