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Taxon

Muraltia spinosa (L.) F.Forest & J.C.Manning

Protologue Syst. Bot. 31(3): 531. 2006 [12 Sep 2006]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (10).jpg

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (10).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (7).jpg

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (7).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (3).jpg

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (2).jpg

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (8).jpg

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (8).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (5).jpg

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (5).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (4).jpg

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (4).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (6).jpg

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (6).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (1).jpg

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154.jpg

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (9).jpg

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (9).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (11).jpg

Muraltia spinosa, C. Davidson 11515--South Africa. Northern Cape. Papkuilsfontein. 25 Aug 09. 154 (11).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Cape 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., Dalzell C. 11515

August 25, 2009

Location

South Africa, Northern Cape (Hantam NU)

-31.226944, 19.243056

Location Remarks

Bokkeveld Plateau. Off R357 N of Nieuwoudtville, road to Gannabos, region of Aloe dichotoma forest

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Polygalaceae

Genus

Muraltia

Specific Epithet

spinosa

Authorship

(L.) F.Forest & J.C.Manning

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.9

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

0.3

Global rank

#151,015 of 335,497

Top 46%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →