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decipiens

Taxon

Commicarpus decipiens Meikle

Protologue Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 36(2): 246. 1978BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (1).JPG

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (1).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (9).JPG

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (9).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (5).JPG

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (5).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (4).JPG

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (4).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (10).JPG

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (10).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (7).JPG

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (7).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (2).JPG

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (2).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (6).JPG

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (6).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (3).JPG

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (3).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (12).JPG

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (12).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (8).JPG

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (8).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018.  (11).JPG

Commicarpus decipiens, L. Nanyeni 1163--Namibia. Hwy B1 S of Okahandja at Swakop R. bridge. 16 May 2018. (11).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Namibia (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

L. Nanyeni 1163

May 16, 2018

Location

Namibia, Okahandja District, Otjozondjupa Region

-21.453, 16.849639

Location Remarks

On Highway B1, 57 km N of D2110 junction in Okahandja; Rest stop along a fence line with Acacia branch barriers 1431 m elev.

Collectors

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

Notes

Acacia tortilis woodland. Shady place in river sand.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Nyctaginaceae

Genus

Commicarpus

Specific Epithet

decipiens

Authorship

Meikle

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.2

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

0.2

Global rank

#218,625 of 335,497

Top 66%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →