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latifolius

Taxon

Oxyanthus latifolius Sond.

Protologue Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 3: 4. 1865 [24 Feb-30 Jun 1865]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Oxyanthus latifolius--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Lake Sibaya Lodge. 1 Oct 03. 112.jpg

Oxyanthus latifolius--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Lake Sibaya Lodge. 1 Oct 03. 112.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Oxyanthus latifolius--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Lake Sibaya Lodge. 1 Oct 03. 114.jpg

Oxyanthus latifolius--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Lake Sibaya Lodge. 1 Oct 03. 114.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oxyanthus latifolius--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Lake Sibaya Lodge. 1 Oct 03. 115.jpg

Oxyanthus latifolius--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Lake Sibaya Lodge. 1 Oct 03. 115.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oxyanthus latifolius--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Lake Sibaya Lodge. 1 Oct 03. 113.jpg

Oxyanthus latifolius--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Lake Sibaya Lodge. 1 Oct 03. 113.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique (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

October 1, 2003

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

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Oxyanthus

Specific Epithet

latifolius

Authorship

Sond.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.3

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

0.0

Global rank

#304,966 of 335,497

Top 91%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →