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orobanchoides

Taxon

Corycium orobanchoides (L.f.) Sw.

Protologue Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. xxi. (1800) 222.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted threatened
Corycium orobanchoides--So. Africa. Grootbos Nat. Res. 22 Nov 02. 014.jpg

Corycium orobanchoides--So. Africa. Grootbos Nat. Res. 22 Nov 02. 014.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Corycium orobanchoides--So. Africa. Grootbos Nat. Res. 22 Nov 02. 015.jpg

Corycium orobanchoides--So. Africa. Grootbos Nat. Res. 22 Nov 02. 015.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Cape Provinces (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

November 22, 2002

Location

South Africa

Location Remarks

Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Corycium

Specific Epithet

orobanchoides

Authorship

(L.f.) Sw.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#308,150 of 335,497

Top 92%

Extinction probability

19%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →