Native to 62 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into Florida (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

L. Nanyeni 1241

March 26, 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

Notes

Prostrate annual in deep sand along the fence line.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Gisekiaceae

Genus

Gisekia

Specific Epithet

pharnaceoides

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.4

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

#201,762 of 335,497

Top 61%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →