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acutiloba

Taxon

Thespesia acutiloba (Baker fil.) Exell & Mendonça

Protologue in Mendonca, Contrib. Conhec. Fl. Mocamb. ii. (Estud., Ens. & Docum. xii.) 63-(1954).IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Thespesia acutiloba--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 167.jpg

Thespesia acutiloba--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 167.jpg

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Thespesia acutiloba--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 166.jpg

Thespesia acutiloba--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 166.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thespesia acutiloba--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 168.jpg

Thespesia acutiloba--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 168.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thespesia acutiloba--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 165.jpg

Thespesia acutiloba--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 165.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thespesia acutiloba--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 164.jpg

Thespesia acutiloba--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 164.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thespesia acutiloba--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 162.jpg

Thespesia acutiloba--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 162.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique (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 15, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Buffalo City NU, Lowveld National Botanical Garden)

-33.016111, 27.808333

Location Remarks

City of Nelspruit

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Thespesia

Specific Epithet

acutiloba

Authorship

(Baker fil.) Exell & Mendonça

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.7

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

#267,642 of 335,497

Top 80%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →