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Scientific Name | Cleistanthus schlechteri (Pax) Hutch. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | PHYLLANTHACEAE |
Common Names | False Tamboti (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/07/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Cleistanthus schlechteri is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | In South Africa, this species has a limited distribution in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Lowveld and the coastal flats of northern KwaZulu-Natal. It is widespread across east Africa as far north as Kenya. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Makatini Clay Thicket, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Northern Lebombo Bushveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Sand Forest, Northern Coastal Forest |
Description | It occurs in sand forest and woodland on sandy flats, rocky outcrops or riparian bush. |
Population |
It is rare in the Kruger National Park and Mpumalanga Lowveld (Schmidt et al. 2002), but more common in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cleistanthus schlechteri (Pax) Hutch. var. schlechteri | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Brown, N.E., Hutchinson, J. and Prain, D. 1920. Euphorbiaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis V Section II (Thymeleaceae-Ceratophylleae):216-516. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.
Radcliffe-Smith, A. 1996. Euphorbiaceae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 9 (Part 4):1-337. 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.
Schmidt, E., Lotter, M. and McCleland, W. 2002. Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Cleistanthus schlechteri (Pax) Hutch. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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