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Scientific Name | Bowkeria verticillata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schinz |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | STILBACEAE |
Synonyms | Bowkeria gerrardiana Harv. ex Hiern, Bowkeria natalensis Schinz, Bowkeria simpliciflora MacOwan, 'as simplicifolia' in Index Kewensis (1906), Bowkeria triphylla Harv., Bowkeria triphylla Harv. var. pubescens Kuntze, Bowkeria triphylla Harv. var. subglabra Kuntze, Bowkeria velutina Harv. ex Hiern |
Common Names | Southern Shell-flower (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/11/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Bowkeria verticillata is a widespread species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | It is widespread across eastern South Africa, where it occurs from northern KwaZulu-Natal to the Free State and Lesotho Drakensberg, and southwards along the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg and Drakensberg foothills to the high mountains of the Eastern Cape interior. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Grassland |
Description | It occurs in forest margins and along stream banks in montane grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bowkeria verticillata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schinz | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Hilliard, O.M. 1969. Bowkeria and Anastrabe- two woody South african Scrophulariaceae. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 29(1):1-13.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Bowkeria verticillata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schinz. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18 |
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