Kewa salsoloides, C. Davidson 13746--Namibia. B1 52 km N of Rehoboth. 25 Mar 2018. DSC03178 (59).JPG
Native to Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Namibia, Windhoek District, Khomas Region
-22.739167, 18.001083
Location Remarks
Pepperkorrel 294 Farm. Off M51, c. 500 m east of junction with road 1482, then 1.3 km northeast on road 1472 Acacia woodland on a small limestone hill east of the farm buildings. 1479 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Leevi Nanyeni, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell
Location
Namibia, Windhoek District
-22.7005, 17.081056
Location Remarks
Monteiro Self-Catering and Camping, 19 km S of Windhoek on Highway B1 (A resort facility with remnant vegetation).
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Leevi Nanyeni, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell
Notes
Herb in seasonally moist sand.
Location
South Africa, Western Cape (Bergrivier NU)
-32.732111, 18.187222
Location Remarks
Dirt road continuation of R27, along the coast 5 km N of Velddrif. Coastal dunes.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, S.J. Milton, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell
Notes
Exposed places in sandy swale.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Kewaceae
Genus
Kewa
Specific Epithet
salsoloides
Authorship
(Burch.) Christenh.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 31.5
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
3.1
Global rank
#7,128 of 335,497
Top 3%
Extinction probability
12%
