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rigescens

Taxon

Diascia rigescens E.Mey. ex Benth.

Protologue Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 18. 1836BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 179.jpg

Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 179.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 182.jpg

Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 182.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 180.jpg

Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 180.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 181.jpg

Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 181.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 178.jpg

Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 178.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 184.jpg

Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 184.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 185.jpg

Diascia rigescens--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 185.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal (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., Christoph S.R. s.n.

March 8, 2005

Location

South Africa, Eastern Cape, Amathole (Amahlathi NU)

-32.283333, 27.583333

Location Remarks

Moonstone Farm. North of Stutterheim. East of Cathcart on R351, west of Butterworth on H2.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Scrophulariaceae

Genus

Diascia

Specific Epithet

rigescens

Authorship

E.Mey. ex Benth.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 9.1

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.0

Global rank

#43,856 of 335,497

Top 14%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →