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Scientific Name | Barleria elegans S.Moore ex C.B.Clarke |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ACANTHACEAE |
Common Names | Umhlalulwane (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/07/21 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa from Musina to Durban, extending further north through Mozambique and Zimbabwe to Namibia and Angola. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Sunny places on rocky slopes or in semi-shade along forest margins and on river banks, restricted to low altitudes, 2-750 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Barleria elegans S.Moore ex C.B.Clarke | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Obermeyer, A.A. 1933. Revision of the South African species of Barleria. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(2):123-180.
Pooley, E. 2005. A field guide to wild flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
Singh, Y., Baijnath, H. and Condy, G. 2015. Barleria elegans. Flowering Plants of Africa 64:136-142.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Barleria elegans S.Moore ex C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/16 |
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