Acanthospermum hispidum, L. Nanyeni 1266--Namibia. B14 to Grootfontein, odom. 190. 29 Mar 2018. DSC04117 (65).JPG
Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; introduced into 70 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, and Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Namibia, Otjinene District, Omaheke Region
-21.065917, 18.611056
Location Remarks
On Highway C22, c. 20 km northwest of Otjinene toward Okakarara. 1454 m elev.
Collectors
Leevi Nanyeni, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell
Notes
Acacia woodland. Low shrub 0.3 m. An introduction from the New World.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Acanthospermum
Specific Epithet
hispidum
Authorship
DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#323,730 of 335,497
Top 97%
Extinction probability
10%
