Native to Angola, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe; introduced into Azores, Japan (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

March 13, 2005

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

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

March 18, 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

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Crocosmia

Specific Epithet

aurea

Authorship

(Pappe ex Hook.) Planch.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.0

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

0.2

Global rank

#207,684 of 335,497

Top 62%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →