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Scientific Name | Cyphia persicifolia C.Presl |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LOBELIACEAE |
Synonyms | Cyphia assimilis Sond., Cyphia linarioides in sense of E.Phillips (in part) |
Common Names | Baroe (a), Barroe (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2023/08/17 |
Assessor(s) | N.N. Mhlongo |
Justification | The extent of occurrence (EOO) for this species is 71 486 km², and it has no known threats. Therefore, it is listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is found in the Eastern Cape, where it occurs from Mthatha to Port St Johns and from King William's Town to Kentani. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Plants grow in grassland. |
Threats |
| This species has no known threats. |
Population |
No quantitative population data are available for this species, and it is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyphia assimilis Sond. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cyphia persicifolia C.Presl in E.Mey. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bredenkamp, C.L. 2019. A flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3 (1, 2a & 2b):1-1532, MIM, Deurne.
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 |
| Mhlongo, N.N. 2023. Cyphia persicifolia C.Presl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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