Lepidium africanum, L. Nanyeni 1226--Namibia. B1 52 km N of Rehoboth. 25 Mar 2018. DSC03178 (117).JPG
Native to Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Sudan-South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe; introduced into Ascension, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Mauritius, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, St.Helena, Switzerland, Tasmania, Victoria, West Himalaya, Western Australia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Namibia, Windhoek District, Khomas Region
-22.739167, 18.001083
Location Remarks
Pepperkorrel 294 Farm. Off M51, c. 500 m east of junction with road 1482, then 1.3 km northeast on road 1472 Acacia woodland on a small limestone hill east of the farm buildings. 1479 m elev.
Collectors
Leevi Nanyeni, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell
Notes
Annual, c. 25 cm tall.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Lepidium
Specific Epithet
africanum
Authorship
(Burm.f.) DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#255,450 of 335,497
Top 77%
Extinction probability
9%
