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Taxon

Oenothera rosea Aiton

Protologue Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 2: 3. 1789 [7 Aug-1 Oct 1789]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Oenothera rosea--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 030.jpg

Oenothera rosea--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 030.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Oenothera rosea--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 033.jpg

Oenothera rosea--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 033.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Oenothera rosea--So. Aficar. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 032.jpg

Oenothera rosea--So. Aficar. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 032.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Oenothera rosea--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 031.jpg

Oenothera rosea--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 031.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bolivia, California, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Desventurados Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Peru, Texas, Uruguay; introduced into 46 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Southern America, and Other regions (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

Not collected.

October 4, 2003

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Hibiscus Coast NU)

-31.006667, 30.177222

Location Remarks

Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Onagraceae

Genus

Oenothera

Specific Epithet

rosea

Authorship

Aiton

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.8

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

0.4

Global rank

#124,226 of 335,497

Top 38%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →