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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.Edwards | VU D2 | Raimondo 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.
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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 2025/05/24 |
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