Pepperkorrel 294 Farm. Off M51, c. 500 m east of junction with road 1482, then 1.3 km northeast on road 1472 Acacia woodland on a small limestone hill east of the farm buildings. 1479 m elev.

Collectors

Leevi Nanyeni, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell

Notes

Full sun in limestone crevices. Really spiny.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Blepharis

Specific Epithet

mitrata

Authorship

C.B.Clarke

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.7

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

0.4

Global rank

#119,696 of 335,497

Top 36%

Extinction probability

14%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →