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Scientific Name | Dianthus basuticus Burtt Davy subsp. basuticus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Common Names | Hlokoa-la-tsela (ss), Lesotho Carnation (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/11/11 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread across the eastern Highveld of South Africa and Lesotho, from Belfast to Barkly East. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Short, open montane grassland. |
Threats |
| The roots of this taxon is used in Basotho traditional medicine to cleanse the blood (Moteetee and Van Wyk 2011), and to treat constipation and flatulence (Kose et al. 2015). Plants are harvested from the wild, but at present medicinal use is not considered to be a severe threat to this taxon as it is still widespread and common. Monitoring of the wild resource is however needed to gain a better understanding of the impact of harvesting on this taxon's risk of extinction. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dianthus basuticus Burtt Davy subsp. basuticus var. grandiflorus S.S.Hooper | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Dianthus basuticus Burtt Davy subsp. basuticus var. basuticus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hooper, S.S. 1959. The genus Dianthus in central and South Africa. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 37:1-59.
Kose, L.S., Moteetee, A. and Van Vuuren, S. 2015. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the Maseru district of Lesotho. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 170:184-200.
Moteetee, A. and Van Wyk, B. 2011. The medical ethnobotany of Lesotho: a review. Bothalia 41(1):209-228.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. 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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Dianthus basuticus Burtt Davy subsp. basuticus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/18 |
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