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Scientific Name | Galium capense Thunb. subsp. garipense (Sond.) Puff |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUBIACEAE |
Common Names | Lefero (ss), Mabone (ss), Sehorane (ss) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/11/10 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa, also occurring in Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Grassland, Nama Karoo, Savanna |
Description | Wetlands, streambanks, steep rocky slopes in open grassland, sometimes disturbed places such as roadsides. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Galium capense Thunb. subsp. garipense (Sond.) Puff var. garipense | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
Puff, C. 1978. The genus Galium L. (Rubiaceae) in southern Africa. Journal of South African Botany 44:203-279.
Puff, C. 1986. Paederieae, Anthospermeae, Rubieae. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 31 Part 1 Rubiaceae, Fascicle 2 Rubioideae (Second part):1-76. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Sonder, W. 1894. Rubiaceae. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis III (Rubiaceae to Campanulaceae):1-39. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Galium capense Thunb. subsp. garipense (Sond.) Puff. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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