Native to Burundi, Chad, Comoros, DR Congo, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe; introduced into Mauritius (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

Apocynaceae

Genus

Ancylobothrys

Specific Epithet

petersiana

Authorship

(Klotzsch) Pierre

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.5

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

#292,296 of 335,497

Top 88%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →