Pollichia campestris, L. Nanyeni 1240--Namibia. Eningu Clayhouse Lodge. 26 Mar 2018. DSC03500 (85).JPG
Native to Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Namibia, Windhoek District, Khomas Region
-22.739167, 18.001083
Location Remarks
Pepperkorrel 294 Farm. Off M51, c. 500 m east of junction with road 1482, then 1.3 km northeast on road 1472 Acacia woodland on a small limestone hill east of the farm buildings. 1479 m elev.
Collectors
Leevi Nanyeni, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell
Notes
Erect subshrub c. 0.5 m in deep red sand along the fence line.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Pollichia
Specific Epithet
campestris
Authorship
Aiton
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 50.6
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
4.4
Global rank
#3,979 of 335,497
Top 2%
Extinction probability
10%
