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Malvaceae Melhania acuminata | Taxonomy | Flora of the World

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Taxon

Melhania acuminata Mast.

Protologue Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 231. 1868 [Oct 1868]BHL IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

Predicted not threatened

Melhania acuminata Mast. belongs to the Malvaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

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

By Christopher Davidson

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No collection number

March 15, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga

-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

GBIF WFO POWO

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 →