Myrothamnaceae

Myrothamnus flabellifolius Welw.

Also mentioned in the literature as x. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Eswatini, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): TM, TS, FS, MG, DX

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): Aw, Cwb, Cwa, Csb

Distribution across environmental gradients (?):

Elevation

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BIO1 (annual mean temperature)

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BIO4 (temperature seasonality)

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BIO12 (annual precipitation)

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BIO15 (precipitation seasonality)

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Conservation

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025-2 (?): Not assessed

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1 (?): Not Threatened

Data collection gaps

Botanical countries lacking appropriate occurrence records (?): Botswana, DR Congo, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe

References

Gaff, DF. 1971. Desiccation-tolerant flowering plants in Southern Africa. Science. 174:1033–1034.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:430734-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.cndpau

Source IUCN conservation status: x