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Scientific Name | Erythrina latissima E.Mey. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Chirocalyx mollissimus Meisn., Erythrina gibbsae Baker f., Erythrina sandersonii Harv., Erythrina tomentosa in sense of J.G.Baker in F.T.A. 2: 184 (1871), in sense of E.G. Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 57 (1911), not of R. Br. ex A. Rich. (misapplied name) |
Common Names | Breëblaarkafferboom (a), Breëblaar-koraalboom (a), Broad-leaved Coral Tree (e), Cork Tree (e), Grootblaar (a), Grootkafferboom (a), Kurkboom (a), Kurkboombos (a), Mokhupye (ns), Monnaphêthê (tw), Mphapha (ns), Muvhale (v), Royal Kaffirboom (a), Umgqwabagqwaba (z), Umgqwane (x), Umnqwane (x), Umqongqazi (z), Umsintsi (x) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2021/12/09 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is widespread, common and not threatened. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | It has a wide distribution in South Africa, where it occurs from Venda in the Limpopo Province to King William's Town in the Eastern Cape Province. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique and Eswatini. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | It is found on grassy hillsides, wooded grasslands and scrub forest, usually on rock outcrops. |
Threats |
There are no severe threats to this species. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Erythrina latissima E.Mey. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Mackinder, B. 2001. Erythrina. In: G.V. Pope and R.M. Polhill (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 3 (Part 5):6-14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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. 2021. Erythrina latissima E.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/11/09 |