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Taxon

Raphia australis Oberm. & Strey

Protologue Bothalia x. 29 (1969).IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Vulnerable
Raffia australis--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Mtunzini, Raphia palm  Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 021.jpg

Raffia australis--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Mtunzini, Raphia palm Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 021.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Raffia australis--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Mtunzini, Raphia palm  Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 018.jpg

Raffia australis--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Mtunzini, Raphia palm Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 018.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Raffia australis--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Mtunzini, Raphia palm  Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 020.jpg

Raffia australis--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Mtunzini, Raphia palm Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 020.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Raffia australis--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Mtunzini, Raphia palm  Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 019.jpg

Raffia australis--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Mtunzini, Raphia palm Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03. 019.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique (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

September 29, 2003

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

Liliopsida

Order

Arecales

Family

Arecaceae

Genus

Raphia

Specific Epithet

australis

Authorship

Oberm. & Strey

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.0

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

Threat status

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#330,184 of 335,497

Top 99%

Extinction probability

24%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →