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Scientific Name | Cynanchum viminale (L.) Bassi subsp. orangeanum (Liede & Meve) Liede & Meve |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Sarcostemma viminale (L.) R.Br. subsp. orangeanum Liede & Meve |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/31 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This taxon is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Free State, Northern Cape |
Range | It is endemic to South Africa, where it occurs in the north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape and western Free State. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winburg Grassy Shrubland, Northern Upper Karoo, Kimberley Thornveld, Xhariep Karroid Grassland, Koranna-Langeberg Mountain Bushveld, Besemkaree Koppies Shrubland, Bloemfontein Karroid Shrubland, Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, Kuruman Thornveld, Gordonia Plains Shrubland, Kuruman Mountain Bushveld, Vaalbos Rocky Shrubland, Lower Gariep Broken Veld, Schmidtsdrif Thornveld, Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld, Kuruman Vaalbosveld, Postmasburg Thornveld |
Description | It occurs on rocky slopes, among boulders and in rock crevices in shrubby thornveld. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Sarcostemma viminale (L.) R.Br. subsp. orangeanum Liede & Meve | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Liede, S. and Meve, U. 1993. Towards an understanding of the Sarcostemma viminale (Asclepiadaceae) complex. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 112(1):1-15.
Meve, U. and Liede-Schumann, S. 2012. Taxonomic dissolution of Sarcostemma (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae). Kew Bulletin 67(4):751-758.
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. 2017. Cynanchum viminale (L.) Bassi subsp. orangeanum (Liede & Meve) Liede & Meve. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/04 |
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