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physocarpus

Taxon

Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.

Protologue Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. (Meyer) 202.BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Gomphocarpus physocarpus--So. Africa. Zululand.  Along Hwy N2 s. of Hluhluwe. 2 Oct 03 015.jpg

Gomphocarpus physocarpus--So. Africa. Zululand. Along Hwy N2 s. of Hluhluwe. 2 Oct 03 015.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gomphocarpus physocarpus--So. Africa. Zululand.  Along Hwy N2 s. of Hluhluwe. 2 Oct 03 018.jpg

Gomphocarpus physocarpus--So. Africa. Zululand. Along Hwy N2 s. of Hluhluwe. 2 Oct 03 018.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gomphocarpus physocarpus--So. Africa. Zululand.  Along Hwy N2 s. of Hluhluwe. 2 Oct 03 016.jpg

Gomphocarpus physocarpus--So. Africa. Zululand. Along Hwy N2 s. of Hluhluwe. 2 Oct 03 016.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gomphocarpus physocarpus--So. Africa. Zululand.  Along Hwy N2 s. of Hluhluwe. 2 Oct 03 019.jpg

Gomphocarpus physocarpus--So. Africa. Zululand. Along Hwy N2 s. of Hluhluwe. 2 Oct 03 019.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gomphocarpus physocarpus--So. Africa. Zululand.  Hluhluwe Game Res.  30 Sep 03. 077.jpg

Gomphocarpus physocarpus--So. Africa. Zululand. Hluhluwe Game Res. 30 Sep 03. 077.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gomphocarpus physocarpus--So. Africa. Zululand.  Hluhluwe Game Res.  30 Sep 03. 078.jpg

Gomphocarpus physocarpus--So. Africa. Zululand. Hluhluwe Game Res. 30 Sep 03. 078.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces; introduced into 55 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

September 30, 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

No collection number

October 2, 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

Apocynaceae

Genus

Gomphocarpus

Specific Epithet

physocarpus

Authorship

E.Mey.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.7

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

0.1

Global rank

#293,322 of 335,497

Top 88%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →