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Taxon

Helichrysum aureum (Houtt.) Merr.

Protologue J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 372. 1938BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
All2var. serotinum1
Helichrysum aureum--So. Africa. Nottingham Rd., Midlands Meander. 6 Oct 03. 046.jpg

Helichrysum aureum--So. Africa. Nottingham Rd., Midlands Meander. 6 Oct 03. 046.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Helichrysum aureum--So. Africa. Nottingham Rd., Midlands Meander. 6 Oct 03. 047.jpg

Helichrysum aureum--So. Africa. Nottingham Rd., Midlands Meander. 6 Oct 03. 047.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Helichrysum aureum--So. Africa. Nottingham Rd., Midlands Meander. 6 Oct 03. 045.jpg

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Helichrysum aureum var serotinum--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 028.jpg

Helichrysum aureum var serotinum--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 028.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Helichrysum aureum var serotinum--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 029.jpg

Helichrysum aureum var serotinum--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 029.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Helichrysum aureum var serotinum--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 026.jpg

Helichrysum aureum var serotinum--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 026.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Helichrysum aureum var serotinum--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 027.jpg

Helichrysum aureum var serotinum--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 027.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Helichrysum aureum var serotinum--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 025.jpg

Helichrysum aureum var serotinum--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 4 Oct 03. 025.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Angola, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Helichrysum aureum

var. serotinum

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

Occurrences

Not collected.

October 4, 2003

Identified as

Helichrysum aureum var. serotinum

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, 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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Helichrysum

Specific Epithet

aureum

Authorship

(Houtt.) Merr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.0

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

0.0

Global rank

#334,309 of 335,497

Top 100%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →