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Scientific Name | Tetradenia riparia (Hochst.) Codd |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LAMIACEAE |
Synonyms | Basilicum myriostachyum (Benth.) Kuntze, Basilicum riparium (Hochst.) Kuntze, Iboza riparia (Hochst.) N.E.Br., Moschosma myriostachyum Benth., Moschosma riparium Hochst. |
Common Names | Gemmerbos (a), Iboza (z), Ibozane (z), River Ginger-bush (e), Tshiololo (v), Watersalie (a), Wild Ginger (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/07/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa, from the Soutpansberg to southern KwaZulu-Natal. It also occurs northwards through Mozambique, Swaziland and Zimbabwe to Malawi. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Forest margins and streamsides. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Tetradenia riparia (Hochst.) Codd | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Coates Palgrave, M. 2002. Keith Coates Palgrave Trees of southern Africa. 3rd Edition. Struik, Cape Town.
Codd, L.E. 1985. Lamiaceae. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 28 Part 4:1-240. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
Phillipson, P.B. and Steyn, C.F. 2008. Tetradenia (Lamiaceae) in Africa: new species and new combinations. Adansonia, sér. 3 30(1):177-196.
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.
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. 2016. Tetradenia riparia (Hochst.) Codd. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/18 |