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capensis

Taxon

Retzia capensis Thunb.

Protologue in Phys. Sallsk. Handl. Stockh. i. (1776) I. 55. t. 1.IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted threatened
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Retzia capensis--So. Africa. Harold Porter Nat. Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 023.jpg

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Retzia capensis--So. Africa. Harold Porter Nat. Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 014.jpg

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Endemic to Cape Provinces (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

November 21, 2002

Location

South Africa, Western Cape (Harold Porter National Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

Betty's Bay, ca. 100 km E of Cape Town on R44.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Rogers Z.S. 1274

January 20, 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

Zachary Scott Rogers

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Stilbaceae

Genus

Retzia

Specific Epithet

capensis

Authorship

Thunb.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.6

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

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#104,483 of 335,497

Top 32%

Extinction probability

18%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →