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Scientific Name | Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Asclepias brasiliensis (E.Fourn.) Schltr., Asclepias physocarpa (E.Mey.) Schltr., Asclepias semilunata (A.Rich.) N.E.Br., Gomphocarpus brasiliensis E.Fourn., Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) Aiton f. forma brasiliensis (E.Fourn.) Briq. |
Common Names | Balbos (a), Balbossie (a), Balloon Cottonbush (e), Hairy Balls (e), Milkweed (e), Umangwazane (z), Umbababa (z), Umqumbuqumbu (z), Umqumnqwewe (z), Uphuphuma (z), Usingalwesalukazi (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/05/16 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common, and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula eastwards along coastal areas to KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique, and northwards along the eastern escarpment of South Africa and Swaziland to southern Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Seasonally wet soils, wetlands and floodplains, also occurring in disturbed areas. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Goyder, D.J. and Nicholas, A. 2001. A revision of Gomphocarpus R. Br. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadeae). Kew Bulletin 56(4):769-836.
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. 2012. Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/03/22 |
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