Native to Cape Provinces, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Rogers, Z 1288

January 23, 2009

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Hibiscus Coast NU)

-31.006667, 30.177222

Location Remarks

Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.

Collectors

Zachary Scott Rogers

W1774

March 14, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Whyte Thorne Private Garden)

0.579167, 9.332778

Location Remarks

Ca. 23 km E of Nelspruit, Karino Region, then S to Whyte Thorne Private Garden of Douglas McMurtry and Shane Burns.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Ruttya

Specific Epithet

ovata

Authorship

Harv.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.7

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

0.1

Global rank

#276,916 of 335,497

Top 83%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →