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Taxon

Sterculia murex Hemsl.

Protologue Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1893(79): 155. [Jul 1893] ; et in Hook. Icon. Pl. xxiii (1894) t. 3278BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Sterculia murex--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 229.jpg

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Sterculia murex--So. Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 302.jpg

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By Christopher Davidson

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Endemic to 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

No collection number

March 19, 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 15, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Buffalo City NU, Lowveld National Botanical Garden)

-33.016111, 27.808333

Location Remarks

City of Nelspruit

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Sterculia

Specific Epithet

murex

Authorship

Hemsl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#263,516 of 335,497

Top 79%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →