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Scientific Name | Lindernia monroi (S.Moore) Eb.Fisch. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Craterostigma monroi S.Moore, Lindernia dongolensis E.A.Bruce, Torenia monroi (S.Moore) Philcox |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/05 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | Lindernia monroi is a poorly known species known from two old herbarium collections in South Africa. It is likely to be extremely rare, and it is not known whether or not it is declining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | In South Africa, it is only known from the Marelani Nature Reserve and Kruger National Park. It also occurs in Zimbabwe and Angola. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Seasonal pools on granite, rooting in mud. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lindernia monroi (S.Moore) Eb.Fisch. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Sieben, E.J.J. 2009. The status and distribution of vascular plants (Magnoliophyta, Lycophyta, Pteridophyta). In: W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle and P. Skelton (eds.), The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in southern Africa (pp. 83-98), IUCN and SAIAB, Gland, Switzerland and Grahamstown, South Africa.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H., Cholo, F. & Kamundi, D.A. 2017. Lindernia monroi (S.Moore) Eb.Fisch. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/04 |
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