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cordifolium

Taxon

Leucospermum cordifolium (Knight) Fourc.

Protologue Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 21: 97. 1932BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Near Threatened
Leucospermum cordifolium--So. Africa. Fernkloof Nature Res. 22 Nov 02. 021.jpg

Leucospermum cordifolium--So. Africa. Fernkloof Nature Res. 22 Nov 02. 021.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Leucospermum cordifolium--So. Africa. Fernkloof Nature Res. 22 Nov 02. 022.jpg

Leucospermum cordifolium--So. Africa. Fernkloof Nature Res. 22 Nov 02. 022.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Cape Provinces (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

November 22, 2002

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

Proteales

Family

Proteaceae

Genus

Leucospermum

Specific Epithet

cordifolium

Authorship

(Knight) Fourc.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Near Threatened

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#240,285 of 335,497

Top 72%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →