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Scientific Name | Talinum caffrum (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ANACAMPSEROTACEAE |
Synonyms | Portulaca caffra Thunb., Talinum esculentum Dinter & G.Schellenb. |
Common Names | Inkucula (z), Khutsana (ss), Osbossie (a), Porcupine Root (e), Umpunyu (z), Vygie (a), Vygiebossie (a), Wildevygie (a), Ystervarkkos (a), Ystervarkwortel (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2008/01/15 |
Assessor(s) | V.L. Williams, D. Raimondo, N.R. Crouch, A.B. Cunningham, C.R. Scott-Shaw, M. Lötter & A.M. Ngwenya |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Talinum caffrum (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. | 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.
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Citation |
| Williams, V.L., Raimondo, D., Crouch, N.R., Cunningham, A.B., Scott-Shaw, C.R., Lötter, M. & Ngwenya, A.M. 2008. Talinum caffrum (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/20 |
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