Pterygodium vermiferum

Pterygodium vermiferum

 

First recorded on Grootbos on the path up to Swartkransberg at an altitude of 385 m by Heiner Lutzeyer in 2003. Subsequent collections have been made on these western slopes of the mountain at three separate sites about 260 m apart. A second population is located along the road between Stanford and Gansbaai and a third population is at Die Kelders at an altitude of 50 m. The total known area of extent of this species measures just 5.5 by 3.0 km along an L-shaped range, the majority of which is conserved within the Grootbos Reserve!
Pterygodium vermiferum

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