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abyssinica

Taxon

Aristea abyssinica Pax

Protologue Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 173. 1892BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Aristaea abyssinica--So.Africa. E. Cape. Trappes Valley. 7 Mch 05. 109.jpg

Aristaea abyssinica--So.Africa. E. Cape. Trappes Valley. 7 Mch 05. 109.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Aristaea abyssinica--So.Africa. E. Cape. Trappes Valley. 7 Mch 05. 112.jpg

Aristaea abyssinica--So.Africa. E. Cape. Trappes Valley. 7 Mch 05. 112.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Aristaea abyssinica--So.Africa. E. Cape. Trappes Valley. 7 Mch 05. 110.jpg

Aristaea abyssinica--So.Africa. E. Cape. Trappes Valley. 7 Mch 05. 110.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Aristaea abyssinica--So.Africa. E. Cape. Trappes Valley. 7 Mch 05. 106.jpg

Aristaea abyssinica--So.Africa. E. Cape. Trappes Valley. 7 Mch 05. 106.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aristaea abyssinica--So.Africa. E. Cape. Trappes Valley. 7 Mch 05. 107.jpg

Aristaea abyssinica--So.Africa. E. Cape. Trappes Valley. 7 Mch 05. 107.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aristaea abyssinica--So.Africa. E. Cape. Trappes Valley. 7 Mch 05. 108.jpg

Aristaea abyssinica--So.Africa. E. Cape. Trappes Valley. 7 Mch 05. 108.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (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 7, 2005

Location

South Africa, Eastern Cape, Sarah Baartman (Ndlambe NU)

-33.483333, 27.011389

Location Remarks

Trappes Valley, near Bathhurst.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Aristea

Specific Epithet

abyssinica

Authorship

Pax

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.7

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

0.3

Global rank

#145,393 of 335,497

Top 44%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →