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Scientific Name | Cyphia stenopetala Diels |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LOBELIACEAE |
Synonyms | Cyphia bechuanensis Bremek. & Oberm., Cyphia stenopetala Diels var. johannesburgensis E.Wimm. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/10/06 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Cyphia stenopetala is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | This species is widespread across northern South Africa, from Mafikeng and Kimberley to the Mpumalanga Drakensberg escarpment. The distribution extends to south-eastern Botswana. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Vredefort Dome Granite Grassland, Klerksdorp Thornveld, Western Highveld Sandy Grassland, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Egoli Granite Grassland, Rand Highveld Grassland, Barberton Montane Grassland, Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland, Lydenburg Thornveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos, Waterberg-Magaliesberg Summit Sourveld, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Soweto Highveld Grassland, Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Leolo Summit Sourveld |
Description | It occurs in rocky places in grassland and bushveld. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyphia stenopetala Diels | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Thulin, M. 1978. Cyphia (Lobeliaceae) in tropical Africa. Botaniska Notiser 131:455-471.
Thulin, M. 1983. Lobeliaceae. In: E. Launert (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 7 (Part1):116-157. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Wimmer, F.E. 1968. Lobelioideae Supplementum et Campanulaceae - Cyphioideae. In: S. Danert (ed). Das Pflanzenreich 108:53-1024. Akademie Verlag, Berlin.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Cyphia stenopetala Diels. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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