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Scientific Name | Solanum lichtensteinii Willd. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SOLANACEAE |
Synonyms | Solanum incanum of other authors, not of L. (misapplied name) |
Common Names | Groot Geel Gifappel (a), Large Yellow Bitter Apple (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/17 |
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, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | Widespread across southern Africa and the eastern summer-rainfall regions of South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Woodland, dry savanna, riverine areas, grasslands, and often in disturbed places. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Solanum lichtensteinii Willd. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Samuels, J. 2010. Taxonomic relationships of eggplant wild relatives in series Incaniformia Bitter. In: J. Prohens and A. Rodriguez-Burruezo (eds.), Advances in Genetics and Breeding of Capsicum and Eggplant (pp. 89-95), Editorial de la Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia.
Samuels, J. 2012. Solanum incanum s.l. (Solanaceae): taxonomic relationships between S. incanum, S. campylacanthum, S. panduriforme and S. lichtensteinii. Kew Bulletin 67(3):401-411.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Solanum lichtensteinii Willd. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/10/08 |
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