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Taxon

Tricalysia capensis (Meisn. ex Hochst.) Sim

Protologue Forest Fl. Cape 243. 1907 [14 May 1907]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Tricalysia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 210.jpg

Tricalysia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 210.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tricalysia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 212.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tricalysia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 214.jpg

Tricalysia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 214.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tricalysia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 215.jpg

Tricalysia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 215.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tricalysia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 216.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tricalysia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 213.jpg

Tricalysia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 213.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tricalysia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 211.jpg

Tricalysia capensis--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 211.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, 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 11, 2005

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Hibiscus Coast NU)

-31.006667, 30.177222

Location Remarks

Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Tricalysia

Specific Epithet

capensis

Authorship

(Meisn. ex Hochst.) Sim

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.4

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#323,070 of 335,497

Top 97%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →