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spathulata

Taxon

Moraea spathulata (L.f.) Klatt

Protologue Consp. Fl. Afr. [T.A. Durand & H. Schinz] 5: 152. 1894 [1893 publ. Dec 1894]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 102.jpg

Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 102.jpg

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Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 104.jpg

Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 104.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 103.jpg

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By Christopher Davidson

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Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 097.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 095.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 107.jpg

Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 107.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 096.jpg

Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 096.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 099.jpg

Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 099.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 101.jpg

Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 101.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 098.jpg

Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 098.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 105.jpg

Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 105.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 094.jpg

Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 094.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 100.jpg

Moorea spathulata--So.Africa. Mpumalanga. R37 to Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 100.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, 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

No collection number

March 16, 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

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Moraea

Specific Epithet

spathulata

Authorship

(L.f.) Klatt

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.6

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

0.2

Global rank

#209,971 of 335,497

Top 63%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →