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reticulata

Taxon

Behnia reticulata (Thunb.) Didr.

Protologue Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn (1854) 183.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Maitland Nat.Res. 5 Mch 05. 034.jpg

Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Maitland Nat.Res. 5 Mch 05. 034.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Maitland Nat.Res. 5 Mch 05. 036.jpg

Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Maitland Nat.Res. 5 Mch 05. 036.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Maitland Nat.Res. 5 Mch 05. 032.jpg

Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Maitland Nat.Res. 5 Mch 05. 032.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Maitland Nat.Res. 5 Mch 05. 035.jpg

Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Maitland Nat.Res. 5 Mch 05. 035.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Maitland Nat.Res. 5 Mch 05. 033.jpg

Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. E. Cape. Maitland Nat.Res. 5 Mch 05. 033.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata, W3556--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 143.jpg

Behnia reticulata, W3556--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 143.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata, W3556--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 003.jpg

Behnia reticulata, W3556--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata, W3556--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 142.jpg

Behnia reticulata, W3556--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 142.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata, W3556--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 140.jpg

Behnia reticulata, W3556--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 140.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata, W3556--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 141.jpg

Behnia reticulata, W3556--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino, Whyte Thorne Garden. 14 Mch 05. 141.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 262.jpg

Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 262.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 258.jpg

Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 258.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 255.jpg

Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 255.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 260.jpg

Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 260.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 257.jpg

Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 257.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 157.jpg

Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 157.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 254.jpg

Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 254.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 158.jpg

Behnia reticulata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 158.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Cape Provinces, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

March 14, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Whyte Thorne Private Garden)

0.579167, 9.332778

Location Remarks

Ca. 23 km E of Nelspruit, Karino Region, then S to Whyte Thorne Private Garden of Douglas McMurtry and Shane Burns.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

March 17, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Lydenburg)

-25.315833, 30.495278

Location Remarks

Buffelskloof Private Nature Reserve

Collectors

No collectors specified

Not collected.

March 5, 2005

Location

South Africa, Eastern Cape (Woodridge)

-33.902222, 25.212222

Location Remarks

Van Staden's Wildflower Reserve is about 40 km west of Port Elizabeth, on the old cape Road (R102). Take the N2 out of the city towards Cape Town. After 40km turn left off the N2 to Van Staden's Pass. The entrance to the Flower Reserve is on the right less than a kilometre from the N2.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Behnia

Specific Epithet

reticulata

Authorship

(Thunb.) Didr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 16.6

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.5

Global rank

#22,414 of 335,497

Top 7%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →