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Scientific Name | Commiphora viminea Burtt Davy |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BURSERACEAE |
Synonyms | Commiphora merkeri Engl. (in part), Commiphora merkeri of other authors, not of Engl. (misapplied name) |
Common Names | Mutonyombidi (v), Ringbas-kanniedood (a), Zebra Tree (e), Zebra-bark Corkwood (e), Zebra-barked Corkwood (e), Zebrabas-kanniedood (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/05 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Commiphora viminea is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species is widespread across the northern parts of Limpopo Province, with scattered occurrences in Mpumalanga. It also occurs in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Kenya and Tanzania. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Roodeberg Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld |
Description | it occurs in well-drained sandy soils in dry savanna woodland. |
Population |
This species is particularly common north of the Soutpansberg (Van der Walt 1973).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Commiphora viminea Burtt Davy | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Burtt Davy, J. 1932. A manual of the flowering plants and ferns of the Transvaal with Swaziland, South Africa. Part II. Malvaceae-Umbelliferae. Longmans, Green & Co., London.
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.
Van der Walt, J.J.A. 1973. The South African species of Commiphora. Bothalia 11(1&2):53-102.
Van der Walt, J.J.A. 1986. Burseraceae. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 18 Part 3 Simaroubaceae-Malpighiaceae:5-34. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
Wild, H. 1963. Burseraceae. In: A.W. Exell, A. Fernandes and H. Wild (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 2 (Part 1):263-285. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Commiphora viminea Burtt Davy. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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