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Taxon

Elegia mucronata (Nees) Rchb. ex Kunth

Protologue Enum. Pl. 3: 475. 1841 [23-29 May 1841]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Borderline • Predicted threatened
Chondropetalum mucronatum--So. Africa. Cape Province. Table Mtn. 20 Nov 02. 013.jpg

Chondropetalum mucronatum--So. Africa. Cape Province. Table Mtn. 20 Nov 02. 013.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chondropetalum mucronatum--So. Africa. Cape Province. Table Mtn. 20 Nov 02. 012.jpg

Chondropetalum mucronatum--So. Africa. Cape Province. Table Mtn. 20 Nov 02. 012.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chondropetalum mucronatum--So. Africa. Cape Province. Table Mtn. 20 Nov 02. 011.jpg

Chondropetalum mucronatum--So. Africa. Cape Province. Table Mtn. 20 Nov 02. 011.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Occurrences

No collection number

November 20, 2002

Location

South Africa, Western Cape (Bergrivier NU)

-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

GBIFWFOPOWO

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