Sparaxis roxburghii (Baker) Goldblatt (1992:156)
Collar satinflower
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Synnotia bicolor var. roxburghii Baker in Handb. Irid.: 198 (1892); Synnotia roxburghii (Baker) G.J.Lewis in Ann. S. African Mus. 40: 146 (1956)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1950's (Goldblatt et al., 2014, 2023)
Rediscovered in: 1998 (Goldblatt & Manning, 2013 fide Goldblatt et al., 2014, 2023)
Distribution & Habitat
Olifants River Valley between Clanwilliam and Citrusdal, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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