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Taxon

Brachylaena discolor DC.

Protologue Prodr. 5: 430. 1836 [1-10 Oct 1836]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Brachylaena discolor--So. Africa. Moumalanga. Mtunzini, Raphia palm  Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03 005.jpg

Brachylaena discolor--So. Africa. Moumalanga. Mtunzini, Raphia palm Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brachylaena discolor--So. Africa. Moumalanga. Mtunzini, Raphia palm  Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03 004.jpg

Brachylaena discolor--So. Africa. Moumalanga. Mtunzini, Raphia palm Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

September 29, 2003

Location

South Africa

Location Remarks

Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Brachylaena

Specific Epithet

discolor

Authorship

DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.6

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

#225,682 of 335,497

Top 68%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →