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Scientific Name | Bridsonia chamaedendrum (Kuntze) Verstraete & A.E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUBIACEAE |
Synonyms | Fadogia humilis J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans, Pachystigma humilis Bews, Plectronia chamaedendrum Kuntze, Pygmaeothamnus chamaedendrum (Kuntze) Robyns, Pygmaeothamnus chamaedendrum (Kuntze) Robyns var. chamaedendrum, Pygmaeothamnus chamaedendrum (Kuntze) Robyns var. setulosus Robyns, Pygmaeothamnus longipes Robyns, Pygmaeothamnus pilosus Robyns |
Common Names | Goorappel (a), Pygmy Medlar (e), Pygmy Sand Apple (e), Sand Apple (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2023/12/13 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pygmaeothamnus chamaedendrum (Kuntze) Robyns var. setulosus Robyns | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Pygmaeothamnus chamaedendrum (Kuntze) Robyns var. chamaedendrum | 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.
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.
Verstraete, B., Steyn, H.M. and van Wyk, A.E. 2017. Taxonomic status of some geofrutex members of Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae): notes on Eriosemopsis and Pygmaeothamnus and the description of a new genus Bridsonia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 186:47–65.
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Citation |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2023. Bridsonia chamaedendrum (Kuntze) Verstraete & A.E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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