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Scientific Name | Canthium armatum (K.Schum.) Lantz |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUBIACEAE |
Synonyms | Plectroniella armata (K.Schum.) Robyns, Vangueria armata K.Schum. |
Common Names | Armed Turkey-berry (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2013/09/09 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Soutpansberg southwards to Sekhukhuneland, Mpumalanga Lowveld, through Swaziland and southern Mozambique to northern KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Savanna |
Description | Bushveld, dry deciduous woodland, thicket and sand forest, sandy soils and rocky hill slopes up to 1100 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Canthium armatum (K.Schum.) Lantz | Least Concern | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Bridson, D.M. 1998. Rubiaceae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 5 (Part 2):211-369. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Lantz, H. and Bremer, B. 2004. Phylogeny inferred from morphology and DNA data: characterizing well-supported groups in Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 146(3):257-283.
Schmidt, E., Lotter, M. and McCleland, W. 2002. Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2013. Canthium armatum (K.Schum.) Lantz. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/15 |
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