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Lessertia montana (E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Protologue Strelitzia 9: 708 (2000):.IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 293.jpg

Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 293.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 294.jpg

Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 294.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 295.jpg

Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 295.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 296.jpg

Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 296.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 303.jpg

Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 303.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 302.jpg

Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 302.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 299.jpg

Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 299.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 301.jpg

Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 301.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 300.jpg

Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 300.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 297.jpg

Sutherlandia montana--So.Africa. E. Cape. Joubert's Pass, SE of Lady Gray. 9 Mch 05. 297.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho (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

No collection number

March 9, 2005

Location

South Africa, Eastern Cape (Woodridge)

-33.902222, 25.212222

Location Remarks

Van Staden's Wildflower Reserve is about 40 km west of Port Elizabeth, on the old cape Road (R102). Take the N2 out of the city towards Cape Town. After 40km turn left off the N2 to Van Staden's Pass. The entrance to the Flower Reserve is on the right less than a kilometre from the N2.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Lessertia

Specific Epithet

montana

Authorship

(E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.7

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

#218,393 of 335,497

Top 66%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →