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Taxon

Karomia speciosa (Hutch. & Corbishley) R.Fern.

Protologue Garcia de Orta, Ser. Bot. 7(1–2): 43 (1985 publ. 1988):.IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Karomia speciosa--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 012.jpg

Karomia speciosa--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 012.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Karomia speciosa--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 154.jpg

Karomia speciosa--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 154.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Karomia speciosa--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 156.jpg

Karomia speciosa--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 156.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Karomia speciosa--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 153.jpg

Karomia speciosa--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 153.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Karomia speciosa--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 155.jpg

Karomia speciosa--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 155.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Karomia speciosa--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 157.jpg

Karomia speciosa--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 157.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern 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

March 14, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Whyte Thorne Private Garden)

0.579167, 9.332778

Location Remarks

Ca. 23 km E of Nelspruit, Karino Region, then S to Whyte Thorne Private Garden of Douglas McMurtry and Shane Burns.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Karomia

Specific Epithet

speciosa

Authorship

(Hutch. & Corbishley) R.Fern.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.6

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

0.0

Global rank

#315,477 of 335,497

Top 95%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →