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africana

Taxon

Scabiosa africana L.

Protologue Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 145. 1762 [Sep 1762]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Scabiosa africana cf.--So. Africa. Cape Prov. Table Mountain. 21 Nov 02. 034 008.jpg

Scabiosa africana cf.--So. Africa. Cape Prov. Table Mountain. 21 Nov 02. 034 008.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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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

Dipsacales

Family

Caprifoliaceae

Genus

Scabiosa

Specific Epithet

africana

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.0

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

0.3

Global rank

#149,557 of 335,497

Top 45%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →