Native to Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces; introduced into 49 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
France, Île-de-France (Paris, 5th arrondissement)
48.84458, 2.36086
Location Remarks
Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement
Collectors
Location
South Africa, Western Cape (Harold Porter National Botanical Garden)
Location Remarks
Betty's Bay, ca. 100 km E of Cape Town on R44.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Spain, Catalonia, Girona (Marimurtra Botanic Garden)
Location Remarks
Paseo Karl Faust 9, 17300 Blanes.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Zantedeschia
Specific Epithet
aethiopica
Authorship
(L.) Spreng.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 29.4
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.4
Global rank
#25,526 of 335,497
Top 8%
Extinction probability
6%