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capensis

Taxon

Thunbergia capensis Retz.

Protologue Physiogr. Salsk. Handl. 1(3): 163. 1780 [dt. 1776; issued 1780]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Thunbergia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Kap Riv. Nat. Res. 7 Mch 05. 097.jpg

Thunbergia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Kap Riv. Nat. Res. 7 Mch 05. 097.jpg

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By Christopher Davidson

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By Christopher Davidson

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By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Kap Riv. Nat. Res. 7 Mch 05. 099.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Kap Riv. Nat. Res. 7 Mch 05. 100.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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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

Not collected.

March 7, 2005

Location

South Africa, Eastern Cape (Woodridge)

-33.902222, 25.212222

Location Remarks

Van Staden's Wildflower Reserve is about 40 km west of Port Elizabeth, on the old cape Road (R102). Take the N2 out of the city towards Cape Town. After 40km turn left off the N2 to Van Staden's Pass. The entrance to the Flower Reserve is on the right less than a kilometre from the N2.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Thunbergia

Specific Epithet

capensis

Authorship

Retz.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.8

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

0.1

Global rank

#263,974 of 335,497

Top 79%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →