Endemic to Cape Provinces; introduced into California, France, Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Tasmania, Victoria (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

Rogers, Z 1275

January 19, 2009

Location

South Africa, Western Cape

-32.732111, 18.187222

Location Remarks

Dirt road continuation of R27, along the coast 5 km N of Velddrif. Coastal dunes.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Aponogetonaceae

Genus

Aponogeton

Specific Epithet

distachyos

Authorship

L.f.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#276,338 of 335,497

Top 83%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →