Acanthocarpus Preissii, Davidson, C 13377--Australia. W.A. Flora Rd. 22 Oct 2016. DSC03739 (51).JPG
Endemic to Western Australia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Australia, Western Australia (Perth, Kenwick)
-32.031056, 115.970861
Location Remarks
Brixton Street Wetlands (Nature Reserve), in Kenwick, an eastern suburb of Perth. 8 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Kevin Thiele, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Shrubby-looking monocot c. .75 m tall.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Acanthocarpus
Specific Epithet
preissii
Authorship
Lehm.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#192,862 of 335,497
Top 58%
Extinction probability
12%
