| Scientific Name | Merremia palmata Hallier f. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | CONVOLVULACEAE |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2020/02/28 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Merremia palmata is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West | Range | This species is widespread across northern South Africa and Swaziland. It is widespread from tropical East Africa to southern Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Makhado Sweet Bushveld, Norite Koppies Bushveld, Marikana Thornveld, Pilanesberg Mountain Bushveld, Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld, Zeerust Thornveld, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld, Dwaalboom Thornveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Madikwe Dolomite Bushveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Roodeberg Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Western Sandy Bushveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Loskop Thornveld, Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Polokwane Plateau Bushveld, Delagoa Lowveld, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld, Tsende Mopaneveld, Mopane Basalt Shrubland, Cathedral Mopane Bushveld, Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Granite Lowveld, Zululand Lowveld, Makatini Clay Thicket, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Nwambyia-Pumbe Sandy Bushveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Northern Lebombo Bushveld, Mopane Gabbro Shrubland, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld | Description | It occurs in open, dry, deciduous bushveld and wooded grassland. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
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Citation/Red List version | | Merremia palmata Hallier f. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Meeuse, A.D.J. and Welman, W.G. 2000. Convolvulaceae. In: G. Germishuizen (ed). Flora of southern Africa 28 Part 1:1-138. National Botanical 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.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2020. Merremia palmata Hallier f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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