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Scientific Name | Ocimum obovatum E.Mey. ex Benth. subsp. obovatum |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LAMIACEAE |
Common Names | Cat's Whiskers (e), Idada (z), Iziba (z), Ufukuzela (z), Umathanjane (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/11/14 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | Widespread across the eastern, summer-rainfall regions of South Africa, extending as far south as East London. It is widespread across Tropical Africa, and also occurs in Madagascar. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Grassland or open woodland, 100-2100 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ocimum obovatum E.Mey. ex Benth. subsp. obovatum var. galpinii (Gürke) A.J.Paton | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ocimum obovatum E.Mey. ex Benth. subsp. obovatum var. obovatum | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Brown, N.E., Cooke, T. and Skan, S.A. 1901. Labiatae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis V Section I (Acanthaceae-Proteaceae):226-387. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
Codd, L.E. 1985. Lamiaceae. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 28 Part 4:1-240. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
Compton, R.H. 1976. The flora of Swaziland. Journal of South African Botany Supplement 11:259-264.
Paton, A. 1995. The Genus Becium (Labiatae) in East Africa. Kew Bulletin 50(2):199-242.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Ocimum obovatum E.Mey. ex Benth. subsp. obovatum. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/24 |
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