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Taxon

Protea acaulos (L.) Reichard

Protologue Syst. Pl. 1: 270. 1779 , as 'acaulis'BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Near Threatened
Protea acaulis, 96.0091--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 9 Feb 04. 067.jpg

Protea acaulis, 96.0091--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 9 Feb 04. 067.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Protea acaulis, 96.0091--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 9 Feb 04. 066.jpg

Protea acaulis, 96.0091--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 9 Feb 04. 066.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Protea acaulis, 96.0091--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 9 Feb 04. 065.jpg

Protea acaulis, 96.0091--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 9 Feb 04. 065.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Protea acaulis, 96.0091--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 9 Feb 04. 064.jpg

Protea acaulis, 96.0091--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 9 Feb 04. 064.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

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

Occurrences

96.0091

February 9, 2004

Location

United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)

37.87544, -122.238724

Location Remarks

Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Proteales

Family

Proteaceae

Genus

Protea

Specific Epithet

acaulos

Authorship

(L.) Reichard

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.7

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

0.3

Global rank

#142,000 of 335,497

Top 43%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →