Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Thorncroftia lotteri T.J.Edwards
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
LAMIACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2006/11/15
Assessor(s)
M. Lötter, J.E. Burrows & L. von Staden
Justification
EOO and AOO<1.6 km², one known location is potentially threatened by habitat degradation as a result of deforestation for subsistence use and alien plant invasion.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Mpumalanga
Range
Ugutugulu Gorge below the Shiyalongubu Dam.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Scarp Forest, Northern Afrotemperate Forest
Description
Rocky areas on forest margins that are protected from fires.
Threats
Habitat degradation, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects)
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Thorncroftia lotterii T.J.EdwardsVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Edwards, T.J. 2006. Notes on the Lamiaceae: a new Tetradenia and a new Thorncroftia from South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72:202-204.


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
Lötter, M., Burrows, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2006. Thorncroftia lotteri T.J.Edwards. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31

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