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costata

Taxon

Hypoxis costata Baker

Protologue J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 119. 1878 [1880 publ. 1878]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Hypoxis costata--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 024.jpg

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Hypoxis costata--So. Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 088.jpg

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Hypoxis costata--So. Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 087.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences 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

No collection number

October 6, 2003

Location

South Africa

Location Remarks

Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Hypoxidaceae

Genus

Hypoxis

Specific Epithet

costata

Authorship

Baker

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.9

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

0.6

Global rank

#75,917 of 335,497

Top 23%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →