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capensis

Taxon

Villarsia capensis (Houtt.) Merr.

Protologue J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 360. 1938BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Villarsia capensis--So. Africa. Cape Province. Table Mtn. 20 Nov 02. 045.jpg

Villarsia capensis--So. Africa. Cape Province. Table Mtn. 20 Nov 02. 045.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Villarsia capensis--So. Africa. Cape Province. Table Mtn. 20 Nov 02. 046.jpg

Villarsia capensis--So. Africa. Cape Province. Table Mtn. 20 Nov 02. 046.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

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

No collection number

November 20, 2002

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

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Menyanthaceae

Genus

Villarsia

Specific Epithet

capensis

Authorship

(Houtt.) Merr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.6

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#266,932 of 335,497

Top 80%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →