Elegia mucronata (Nees) Rchb. ex Kunth belongs to the Restionaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

No collection number

November 19, 2002

Location

South Africa, Western Cape

-32.732111, 18.187222

Location Remarks

Dirt road continuation of R27, along the coast 5 km N of Velddrif. Coastal dunes.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Restionaceae

Genus

Elegia

Specific Epithet

mucronata

Authorship

(Nees) Rchb. ex Kunth

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.4

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

Borderline

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.2

Global rank

#33,304 of 335,497

Top 10%

Extinction probability

19%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Chondropetalum mucronatum (Nees) Pillans

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy