Striga elegans--So.Africa. Mpumal. R577 N of Lydenburg. 16 Mch 05. 096.jpg
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Striga elegans--So.Africa. E. Cape. Trappes Valley. 7 Mch 05. 040.jpg
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Native to Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
South Africa, Eastern Cape, Sarah Baartman (Ndlambe NU)
-33.483333, 27.011389
Location Remarks
Trappes Valley, near Bathhurst.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga (Umjindi NU)
-25.795278, 31.085278
Location Remarks
Southeast of Barberton on highway R40 toward Swaziland. Saddleback Pass in Moodie Mountains.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Striga
Specific Epithet
elegans
Authorship
Benth.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#115,931 of 335,497
Top 35%
Extinction probability
10%
