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Scientific Name | Vaccinium exul Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
Synonyms | Vaccinium africanum Britten |
Common Names | African Blueberry (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/07/21 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | High eastern escarpment of South Africa from the Soutpansberg to Barberton, also extending into Swaziland. It is also known from an isolated population on Mount Mulanje in Malawi. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Grassland |
Description | High altitude rocky ridges and outcrops in montane grassland, or margins of afrotropical forests. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Vaccinium exul Bolus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bester, S.P. and Burrows, S. 2016. Vaccinium exul. Flowering Plants of Africa 64:90-100.
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.
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. Vaccinium exul Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/18 |