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plumieri

Taxon

Scaevola plumieri (L.) Vahl

Protologue Symb. Bot. 2: 36. 1791BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Scaevola plumieri--So. Africa.  KwaZuluNatal. Maputaland Coastal Forest Res. 1 Oct 03. 082.jpg

Scaevola plumieri--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Maputaland Coastal Forest Res. 1 Oct 03. 082.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Scaevola plumieri--So. Africa.  KwaZuluNatal. Maputaland Coastal Forest Res. 1 Oct 03. 080.jpg

Scaevola plumieri--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Maputaland Coastal Forest Res. 1 Oct 03. 080.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Scaevola plumieri--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Maputaland Coastal Forest Res. 1 Oct 03. 079.jpg

Scaevola plumieri--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Maputaland Coastal Forest Res. 1 Oct 03. 079.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Scaevola plumieri--So. Africa.  KwaZuluNatal. Maputaland Coastal Forest Res. 1 Oct 03. 081.jpg

Scaevola plumieri--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Maputaland Coastal Forest Res. 1 Oct 03. 081.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 63 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Northern America, and Southern America (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

October 1, 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

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Goodeniaceae

Genus

Scaevola

Specific Epithet

plumieri

Authorship

(L.) Vahl

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

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

0.1

Global rank

#287,408 of 335,497

Top 86%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →