Flora of the World logo
MapPublicationsInstitutionsImpactAboutContactAcknowledgements

Copyright © 2008-2026 Flora of The World. All Rights Reserved.

Visit floraoftheworld.orgLogin
Home

›

Lamiales

›

Scrophulariaceae

›

Aptosimum

›

lineare

Taxon

Aptosimum lineare Marloth & Engl.

Protologue Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10(3): 250. 1888 [9 Oct 1888]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Aptosimum lineare--Namibia. Hwy B1. Odom 59. 25 Mar 2018. DSC03326 (39).JPG

Aptosimum lineare--Namibia. Hwy B1. Odom 59. 25 Mar 2018. DSC03326 (39).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aptosimum lineare--Namibia. Hwy B1. Odom 59. 25 Mar 2018. DSC03326 (40).JPG

Aptosimum lineare--Namibia. Hwy B1. Odom 59. 25 Mar 2018. DSC03326 (40).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aptosimum lineare--Namibia. Hwy B1. Odom 59. 25 Mar 2018. DSC03326 (38).JPG

Aptosimum lineare--Namibia. Hwy B1. Odom 59. 25 Mar 2018. DSC03326 (38).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Aptosimum lineare--Namibia. Hwy B1. Odom 59. 25 Mar 2018. DSC03326 (41).JPG

Aptosimum lineare--Namibia. Hwy B1. Odom 59. 25 Mar 2018. DSC03326 (41).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe (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

Not collected

March 25, 2018

Location

Namibia, Windhoek District, Khomas Region

-22.739167, 18.001083

Location Remarks

Pepperkorrel 294 Farm. Off M51, c. 500 m east of junction with road 1482, then 1.3 km northeast on road 1472 Acacia woodland on a small limestone hill east of the farm buildings. 1479 m elev.

Collectors

Leevi Nanyeni, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Scrophulariaceae

Genus

Aptosimum

Specific Epithet

lineare

Authorship

Marloth & Engl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.7

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#104,114 of 335,497

Top 32%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →