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Scientific Name | Plectranthus laxiflorus Benth. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LAMIACEAE |
Synonyms | Coleus laxiflorus (Benth.) Roberty (in part), Plectranthus albus Gürke, Plectranthus hylophilus of other authors, not of Gürke (misapplied name) |
Common Names | Ubebebe (z), Ufuthane (z), Umadolwane (z), Umsuthuza (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/03/16 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread species that is not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species is widespread along the eastern escarpment of South Africa, occurring as far south as Humansdorp. It is widespread throughout tropical Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Escarpment Mesic Thicket, St Francis Dune Thicket, Subtropical Dune Thicket, Southern Afrotemperate Forest, Northern Afrotemperate Forest, Southern Mistbelt Forest, Northern Mistbelt Forest, Scarp Forest, Northern Coastal Forest, Ironwood Dry Forest, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Buffels Valley Thicket, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Thukela Valley Bushveld, Thukela Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Bhisho Thornveld, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Plants grow in forest margins and shady stream banks. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Plectranthus laxiflorus Benth. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Codd, L.E. 1985. Lamiaceae. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 28 Part 4:1-240. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. 2006. The southern African Plectranthus and the art of turning shade to glade. Fernwood Press, Simons Town.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2019. Plectranthus laxiflorus Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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