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Taxon

Vitex obovata E.Mey.

Protologue Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. (Meyer) i. 273.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 565.jpg

Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 565.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 563.jpg

Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 563.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 561.jpg

Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 561.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 564.jpg

Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 564.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 558.jpg

Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 558.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 560.jpg

Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 560.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 559.jpg

Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 559.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 562.jpg

Vitex obovata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 562.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern 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

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

March 8, 2005

Location

South Africa, Eastern Cape, Amathole (Amahlathi NU)

-32.283333, 27.583333

Location Remarks

Moonstone Farm. North of Stutterheim. East of Cathcart on R351, west of Butterworth on H2.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Vitex

Specific Epithet

obovata

Authorship

E.Mey.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

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

#279,166 of 335,497

Top 84%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →