Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Cuscuta bifurcata Yunck.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
CONVOLVULACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Insufficient Information
Assessment Date
2006/11/20
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo
Justification
Last collected in 1909. The only two collections of this species have a very unusual disjunction of over 650 km. This species is too poorly known to be assessed.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Range
Koue Bokkeveld and Port Elizabeth.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Description
Unknown.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Cuscuta bifurcata Yunck.Data Deficient Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.


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.


Citation
Raimondo, D. 2006. Cuscuta bifurcata Yunck. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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