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tomentosa

Taxon

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.

Protologue Flora 1842BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 039.jpg

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 039.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rhodomyrtus tomentosa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 040.jpg

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 040.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rhodomyrtus tomentosa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 038.jpg

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 038.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rhodomyrtus tomentosa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 041.jpg

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 041.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rhodomyrtus tomentosa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 042.jpg

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa--So. Africa. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 042.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Occurrences

Davidson C. s.n.

October 3, 2003

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, Durban Botanic Garden)

-29.84663, 31.00417

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Rhodomyrtus

Specific Epithet

tomentosa

Authorship

(Aiton) Hassk.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 10.5

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#102,337 of 335,497

Top 31%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →