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Taxon

Cyrtanthus obliquus (L.f.) Aiton

Protologue Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 1: 414. 1789BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Cyrtanthus obliquus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 266.jpg

Cyrtanthus obliquus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 266.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cyrtanthus obliquus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 264.jpg

Cyrtanthus obliquus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 264.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cyrtanthus obliquus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 263.jpg

Cyrtanthus obliquus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 263.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cyrtanthus obliquus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 265.jpg

Cyrtanthus obliquus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 265.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cyrtanthus obliquus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 262.jpg

Cyrtanthus obliquus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 262.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cyrtanthus obliquus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 261.jpg

Cyrtanthus obliquus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Waringham Farm, Quanti Area, Stut. 8 Mch 05. 261.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal (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. s.n.

March 8, 2005

Location

South Africa, Eastern Cape, Amathole (Amahlathi NU)

-32.283333, 27.583333

Location Remarks

Moonstone Farm. North of Stutterheim. East of Cathcart on R351, west of Butterworth on H2.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Amaryllidaceae

Genus

Cyrtanthus

Specific Epithet

obliquus

Authorship

(L.f.) Aiton

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 9.2

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

0.8

Global rank

#53,698 of 335,497

Top 17%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →