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acuminata

Taxon

Melhania acuminata Mast.

Protologue Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 231. 1868 [Oct 1868]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 427.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 427.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 421.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 421.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 425.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 425.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 430.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 430.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 438.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 438.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 424.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 424.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 431.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 431.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 437.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 437.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 432.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 432.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 429.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 429.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 422.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 422.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 434.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 434.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 428.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 428.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 435.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 435.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 423.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 423.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 433.jpg

Melhania acuminata--So.Africa. Mpumal. twd Rietfontein. 16 Mch 05. 433.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe (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

No collection number

March 16, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Umjindi NU)

-25.795278, 31.085278

Location Remarks

Southeast of Barberton on highway R40 toward Swaziland. Saddleback Pass in Moodie Mountains.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Melhania

Specific Epithet

acuminata

Authorship

Mast.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

0.1

Global rank

#272,068 of 335,497

Top 82%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →