Psoralea cataracta | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Psoralea |
Species: | P. cataracta
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Binomial name | |
Psoralea cataracta | |
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Psoralea cataracta is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It was declared extinct in 2008 in the Red List of South African Plants, with a single specimen collected from the Tulbagh Waterfall in 1804. It was rediscovered 200 years later by Brian Du Preez in November of 2019 in the Winterhoek Mountains near Tulbagh. [2] It is endemic to the Western Cape. [3] It is also known by the name waterfall fountainbush.
Psoralea cataracta has small purple flowers dangling on long, thread-like flower stalks. [3]
Psoralea cataracta is found around Tulbagh. [4]
As of the 2008 classification, Psoralea cataracta is classified as Extinct. [4]