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Taxon

Leucospermum formosum Knight ex Loudon

Protologue Hort. Suburb. Lond. 21. 1818 [Jun-Jul 1818]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE • Endangered
Leucospermum formosum--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19 Nov 02. 042.jpg

Leucospermum formosum--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19 Nov 02. 042.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Leucopsermum formosum--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19 Nov 02. 043.jpg

Leucopsermum formosum--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19 Nov 02. 043.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Cape 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

November 19, 2002

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden | Lydenburg)

-25.315833, 30.495278

Location Remarks

Rhodes Dr., Newlands, Cape Town

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Proteales

Family

Proteaceae

Genus

Leucospermum

Specific Epithet

formosum

Authorship

Knight ex Loudon

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.4

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

EDGE List

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.7

Global rank

#20,191 of 335,497

Top 7%

Extinction probability

49%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →