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Scientific Name | Torenia thouarsii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Nortenia thouarsii Cham. & Schltdl., Torenia parviflora Buch.-Ham. ex Benth., Torenia ramosissima Vatke |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/07/26 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, F. Cholo & W. Foden |
Justification | Torenia thouarsii is widespread in tropical Africa, but known from four locations in South Africa. It is likely to be overlooked during botanical surveys. The existing threats for the species and the habitats are unlikely to cause the populations to decline severely in the near future. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | 'This species occurs from Soutpansberg to Kosi Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Freshwater |
Major habitats | Granite Lowveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Maputaland Coastal Belt |
Description | Plants grow in marshes, swamps, edges of pools, rivers and sometimes in water. |
Threats |
| It is threatened by ongoing habitat loss due to crop fields, plantations and constructions of roads. It is likely to be threatened by alien plant invasion and droughts. |
Population |
This is a rare species in South Africa, known from only a few records and restricted to north-western parts of the country. It is likely to be overlooked during botanical surveys.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Torenia thouarsii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Ghazanfar, S.A. and Hepper, F.N. 2008. Scrophulariaceae. In: H.J. Beentje and S.A. Ghazanfar (eds). Flora of Tropical East Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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. & Foden, W. 2017. Torenia thouarsii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/20 |
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