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pumila

Taxon

Alectra pumila Benth.

Protologue Prodr. 10: 340. 1846 [8 Apr 1846]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Alectra pumila--So.Africa. E. Cape. R58 SE of Barkly East.10 Mch 05. 308.jpg

Alectra pumila--So.Africa. E. Cape. R58 SE of Barkly East.10 Mch 05. 308.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Alectra pumila--So.Africa. E. Cape. R58 SE of Barkly East.10 Mch 05. 306.jpg

Alectra pumila--So.Africa. E. Cape. R58 SE of Barkly East.10 Mch 05. 306.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Alectra pumila--So.Africa. E. Cape. R58 SE of Barkly East.10 Mch 05. 307.jpg

Alectra pumila--So.Africa. E. Cape. R58 SE of Barkly East.10 Mch 05. 307.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Alectra pumila--So.Africa. E. Cape.R58 SE of Barkly East. 10 Mch 05. 303.jpg

Alectra pumila--So.Africa. E. Cape.R58 SE of Barkly East. 10 Mch 05. 303.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Alectra pumila--So.Africa. E. Cape. R58 SE of Barkly East.10 Mch 05. 304.jpg

Alectra pumila--So.Africa. E. Cape. R58 SE of Barkly East.10 Mch 05. 304.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Alectra pumila--So.Africa. E. Cape. R58 SE of Barkly East.10 Mch 05. 305.jpg

Alectra pumila--So.Africa. E. Cape. R58 SE of Barkly East.10 Mch 05. 305.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Lesotho, Northern 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

No collection number

March 10, 2005

Location

South Africa, Eastern Cape (Woodridge)

-33.902222, 25.212222

Location Remarks

Van Staden's Wildflower Reserve is about 40 km west of Port Elizabeth, on the old cape Road (R102). Take the N2 out of the city towards Cape Town. After 40km turn left off the N2 to Van Staden's Pass. The entrance to the Flower Reserve is on the right less than a kilometre from the N2.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Orobanchaceae

Genus

Alectra

Specific Epithet

pumila

Authorship

Benth.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.0

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

0.2

Global rank

#186,339 of 335,497

Top 56%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →