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.
Location
South Africa, Western Cape (Bergrivier NU)
-32.732111, 18.187222
Location Remarks
Dirt road continuation of R27, along the coast 5 km N of Velddrif. Coastal dunes.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Aponogetonaceae
Genus
Aponogeton
Specific Epithet
distachyos
Authorship
L.f.
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
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#276,338 of 335,497
Top 83%
Extinction probability
6%