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malacophylla

Taxon

Habenaria malacophylla Rchb.f.

Protologue Otia Bot. Hamburg. 2: 97. 1881 [8 Aug 1881]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts.  18 Mch 05. 446.jpg

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts. 18 Mch 05. 446.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts.  18 Mch 05. 449.jpg

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts. 18 Mch 05. 449.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts.  18 Mch 05. 444.jpg

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts. 18 Mch 05. 444.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts.  18 Mch 05. 445.jpg

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts. 18 Mch 05. 445.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts.  18 Mch 05. 448.jpg

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts. 18 Mch 05. 448.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts.  18 Mch 05. 447.jpg

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts. 18 Mch 05. 447.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts.  18 Mch 05. 450.jpg

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts. 18 Mch 05. 450.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts.  18 Mch 05. 454.jpg

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts. 18 Mch 05. 454.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts.  18 Mch 05. 455.jpg

Habenaria malacophylla--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts. 18 Mch 05. 455.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe (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 18, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Umjindi NU)

-25.795278, 31.085278

Location Remarks

Southeast of Barberton on highway R40 toward Swaziland. Saddleback Pass in Moodie Mountains.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Habenaria

Specific Epithet

malacophylla

Authorship

Rchb.f.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.6

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

#110,809 of 335,497

Top 34%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →