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auriculata

Taxon

Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine

Protologue Kew Bull. 16(2): 172. 1962 [30 Oct 1962]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Hygrophila auriculata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 089.jpg

Hygrophila auriculata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 089.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Hygrophila auriculata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 090.jpg

Hygrophila auriculata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 090.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Hygrophila auriculata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 091.jpg

Hygrophila auriculata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 091.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Hygrophila auriculata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 088.jpg

Hygrophila auriculata--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 088.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 45 botanical countries across Africa and Tropical Asia (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

Davidson C. s.n.

October 3, 2003

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, Durban Botanic Garden)

-29.84663, 31.00417

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Hygrophila

Specific Epithet

auriculata

Authorship

(Schumach.) Heine

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

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#295,168 of 335,497

Top 88%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →