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Babiana ringens (L.) Ker Gawl.

Protologue Ann. Bot. [König & Sims]. 1: 233. 1804IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted threatened
Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (1).jpg

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (2).jpg

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (6).jpg

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (6).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (5).jpg

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (5).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080.jpg

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (11).jpg

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (11).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (4).jpg

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (4).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (10).jpg

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (10).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (7).jpg

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (7).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (9).jpg

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (9).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (8).jpg

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (8).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (3).jpg

Babiana ringens, C. Davidson 11501--South Africa. Western Cape. R27, 5 km N of Velddrif. 24 Aug 09. 080 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Babiana ringens. 81.0498--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 012.jpg

Babiana ringens. 81.0498--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 012.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

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

Distribution

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

Occurrences

81.0498

February 11, 2003

Location

United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)

37.87544, -122.238724

Location Remarks

Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley

Collectors

No collectors specified

Davidson C., Dalzell C., Christoph S.R. 11501

August 24, 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

Christopher Davidson, Christopher Dalzell, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Babiana

Specific Epithet

ringens

Authorship

(L.) Ker Gawl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#210,622 of 335,497

Top 63%

Extinction probability

22%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →