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Scientific Name | Microloma tenuifolium (L.) K.Schum. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Common Names | Bokhoring (a), Bokhorinkies (a), Coral Creeper (e), Creeper (e), Heuningblommetjie (a), Kannetjie (a), Kannetjies (a), Melkblommetjie (a), Red Wax Creeper (e), Redwax Creeper (e), Seerbekkies (a), Skilpadkos (a), Wax Creeper (e), Wax Twiner (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2010/09/03 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | A widespread species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Gifberg to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to Grahamstown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos and renosterveld, in stony, sandy or loamy soils derived from shale or granite. |
Population |
A widespread but uncommon species, with a scattered distribution.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Microloma tenuifolium (L.) K.Schum. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P. and Linder, H.P. 1991. A revision of Microloma R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae - Asclepiadeae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 112(4):453-527.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, 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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2010. Microloma tenuifolium (L.) K.Schum. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/18 |
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