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chionosphaerum

Taxon

Helichrysum chionosphaerum DC.

Protologue Prodr. 6: 174. 1838 [early Jan 1838]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Helichrysum chionosphaerum--So. Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 129.jpg

Helichrysum chionosphaerum--So. Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 129.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Helichrysum chionosphaerum--So. Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 130.jpg

Helichrysum chionosphaerum--So. Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 130.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Helichrysum chionosphaerum--So. Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 132.jpg

Helichrysum chionosphaerum--So. Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 132.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Helichrysum chionosphaerum--So. Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 131.jpg

Helichrysum chionosphaerum--So. Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 131.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Helichrysum chionosphaerum--So. Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 133.jpg

Helichrysum chionosphaerum--So. Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 133.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

October 6, 2003

Location

South Africa

Location Remarks

Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Helichrysum

Specific Epithet

chionosphaerum

Authorship

DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.4

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

#291,079 of 335,497

Top 87%

Extinction probability

14%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →