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Taxon

Asclepias albens (E.Mey.) Schltr.

Protologue Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21(5, Beibl. 54): 5. 1896 [12 May 1896]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Asclepias albens, Z. Rogers 1305--South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. Krantzkloof Nat. Res. 24 Jan 09. 242.jpg

Asclepias albens, Z. Rogers 1305--South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. Krantzkloof Nat. Res. 24 Jan 09. 242.jpg

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By Christopher Davidson

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Asclepias albens, Z. Rogers 1305--South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. Krantzkloof Nat. Res. 24 Jan 09. 250.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asclepias albens, Z. Rogers 1305--South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. Krantzkloof Nat. Res. 24 Jan 09. 251.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Asclepias albens, Z. Rogers 1305--South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. Krantzkloof Nat. Res. 24 Jan 09. 248.jpg

Asclepias albens, Z. Rogers 1305--South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. Krantzkloof Nat. Res. 24 Jan 09. 248.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Asclepias albens, Z. Rogers 1305--South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. Krantzkloof Nat. Res. 24 Jan 09. 244.jpg

Asclepias albens, Z. Rogers 1305--South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. Krantzkloof Nat. Res. 24 Jan 09. 244.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Asclepias albens, Z. Rogers 1305--South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. Krantzkloof Nat. Res. 24 Jan 09. 249.jpg

Asclepias albens, Z. Rogers 1305--South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. Krantzkloof Nat. Res. 24 Jan 09. 249.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Asclepias albens, Z. Rogers 1305--South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. Krantzkloof Nat. Res. 24 Jan 09. 245.jpg

Asclepias albens, Z. Rogers 1305--South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. Krantzkloof Nat. Res. 24 Jan 09. 245.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, 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

Rogers Z.S. 1305

January 24, 2009

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

Zachary Scott Rogers

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Asclepias

Specific Epithet

albens

Authorship

(E.Mey.) Schltr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

0.1

Global rank

#272,417 of 335,497

Top 82%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →