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Taxon

Chironia baccifera L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 190. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Chironia baccifera cf.--So. Africa. Grootbos Nat. Res. 22 Nov 02. 007.jpg

Chironia baccifera cf.--So. Africa. Grootbos Nat. Res. 22 Nov 02. 007.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (36).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (36).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (34).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (34).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (38).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (38).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (39).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (39).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (42).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (42).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (35).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (35).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (40).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (40).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (31).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (31).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (43).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (43).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (33).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (33).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (45).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (45).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (44).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (44).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (41).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (41).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (32).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (32).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (37).JPG

Chironia baccifera, Davidson, C 12269--South Africa. Western Cape. S of Swartberg Pass. 19 Jan 2014. DSC00691 (37).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Davidson, C 12269

January 19, 2014

Location

South Africa, Western Cape (Bergrivier NU)

-32.732111, 18.187222

Location Remarks

Dirt road continuation of R27, along the coast 5 km N of Velddrif. Coastal dunes.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Gentianaceae

Genus

Chironia

Specific Epithet

baccifera

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.1

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

#253,757 of 335,497

Top 76%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →