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Scientific Name | Kewa bowkeriana (Sond.) Christenh. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | KEWACEAE |
Synonyms | Hypertelis bowkeriana Sond., Mollugo suffruticosa Peter |
Common Names | Wild Fenugreek (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | Widespread across the summer rainfall areas of South Africa, extending northwards to Ethiopia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Woodland, mangrove swamp margins, sandy riverbeds, coastal dunes and salt pans, 0-1470 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Kewa bowkeriana (Sond.) Christenh. | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Hypertelis bowkeriana Sond. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Adamson, R.S. 1958. The South African species of Aizoaceae. IV. Mollugo, Pharnaceum, Coelanthum and Hypertelis. Journal of South African Botany 24:11-69.
Christenhusz, M.J., Brockington, S.F., Christin, P.-A. and Sage, R.F. 2014. On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae. Phytotaxa 181(4):238-242.
Goncalves, M.L. 1978. Molluginaceae. In: E. Launert (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 4:522-548. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
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. 2015. Kewa bowkeriana (Sond.) Christenh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/21 |
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