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capensis

Taxon

Jatropha capensis (L.f.) Sond.

Protologue Linnaea 23(1): 118. 1850 [Feb 1850]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Jatropha capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 121.jpg

Jatropha capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 121.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Jatropha capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 124.jpg

Jatropha capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 124.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Jatropha capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 123.jpg

Jatropha capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 123.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Jatropha capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 122.jpg

Jatropha capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 122.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Jatropha capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 126.jpg

Jatropha capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 126.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

March 6, 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

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Jatropha

Specific Epithet

capensis

Authorship

(L.f.) Sond.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.1

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

0.4

Global rank

#112,158 of 335,497

Top 34%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →