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Taxon

Searsia discolor (E.Mey. ex Sond.) Moffett

Protologue Bothalia 37(2): 168. 2007 [Oct 2007]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Rhus discolor cf--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03.  037.jpg

Rhus discolor cf--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 037.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rhus discolor cf--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 036.jpg

Rhus discolor cf--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 036.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rhus discolor cf--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03.  038.jpg

Rhus discolor cf--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 038.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rhus discolor cf--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03.  039.jpg

Rhus discolor cf--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 039.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, 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

Not collected.

October 4, 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

Sapindales

Family

Anacardiaceae

Genus

Searsia

Specific Epithet

discolor

Authorship

(E.Mey. ex Sond.) Moffett

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.2

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

0.2

Global rank

#197,686 of 335,497

Top 59%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →