| Scientific Name | Hermbstaedtia odorata (Burch.) T.Cooke | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | AMARANTHACEAE | Common Names | Cat's Tail (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2015/06/04 | Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff | Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West | Range | Widespread across northern South Africa, extending to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Granite Lowveld, Gordonia Duneveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld, Northern Upper Karoo, Kimberley Thornveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Zululand Lowveld, Kuruman Thornveld, Makhado Sweet Bushveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld, Mafikeng Bushveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Kuruman Mountain Bushveld, Southern Kalahari Mekgacha, Molopo Bushveld, Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, Roodeberg Bushveld, Schmidtsdrif Thornveld, Kuruman Vaalbosveld, Kathu Bushveld, Western Sandy Bushveld, Delagoa Lowveld, Dwaalboom Thornveld, Gordonia Plains Shrubland, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Tsende Mopaneveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Zeerust Thornveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld, Sand Forest, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland, Pilanesberg Mountain Bushveld, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Lower Gariep Broken Veld, Bushmanland Arid Grassland, Polokwane Plateau Bushveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Mopane Basalt Shrubland, Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Muzi Palm Veld and Wooded Grassland, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Zululand Coastal Thornveld, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Koranna-Langeberg Mountain Bushveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Marikana Thornveld, Nossob Bushveld, Vaalbos Rocky Shrubland, Schweizer-Reneke Bushveld, Mopane Gabbro Shrubland, Stella Bushveld, Upper Gariep Alluvial Vegetation, Postmasburg Thornveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Moot Plains Bushveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld | Description | Sandy soils and streambanks in bushveld, often weedy in cultivated areas. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hermbstaedtia odorata (Burch.) T.Cooke var. aurantiaca (Suess.) C.C.Towns. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Hermbstaedtia odorata (Burch.) T.Cooke var. albi-rosea Suess. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Hermbstaedtia odorata (Burch.) T.Cooke var. odorata | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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Kirby, G. 2013. Wild flowers of southeast Botswana. Struik Nature, Cape Town.
Meeuse, A.D.J. 1961. Notes on the genera Celosia L. and Hermbstaedtia Reichb. (Amaranthaceae) occuring in Southern Africa. Kirkia 2:144-171.
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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Townsend, C.C. 1982. A new species of African Celosia and a new conspectus of Hermbstaedtia. Notes on Amaranthaceae: XIV. Kew Bulletin 37(1):82-90.
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Citation | | van der Colff, D. 2015. Hermbstaedtia odorata (Burch.) T.Cooke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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