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Scientific Name | Plectranthus brevimentum T.J.Edwards |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LAMIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/10/10 |
Assessor(s) | P.A. Manyama |
Justification | Restricted to a single river gorge, in an inaccessible habitat where it is unlikely to be threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Lupatana River Gorge. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld |
Description | Steep sandstone gorges. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Plectranthus brevimentum T.J.Edwards | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Edwards, T.J. 2005. Two new Plectranthus species (Lamiaceae) and new distribution records from the Pondoland Centre of Plant Endemism, South Africa. Bothalia 35(2):149-152.
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 |
| Manyama, P.A. 2007. Plectranthus brevimentum T.J.Edwards. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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