Sterculia murex Hemsl. belongs to the Malvaceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Sterculia murex--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 229.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Sterculia
Specific Epithet
murex
Authorship
Hemsl.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#263,516 of 335,497
Top 79%
Extinction probability
5%
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
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga (Lowveld National Botanical Garden)
-33.016111, 27.808333
Location Remarks
City of Nelspruit
Collectors
No collectors specified
