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Scientific Name | Hermannia abrotanoides Schrad. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MALVACEAE |
Synonyms | Hermannia bipinnata Burch., Hermannia halicacaba DC., Hermannia multifida DC., Mahernia bipinnata L. (in part), Mahernia bipinnata L. var. bipinnata, Mahernia multifida (DC.) Harv. |
Common Names | Leeubekkie (a), Voëlbekkie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/02/20 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Hermannia abrotanoides is a widespread species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species occurs from southern Namibia to Bushmanland near Prieska. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Postmasburg Thornveld, Northern Upper Karoo, Bushmanland Basin Shrubland, Kalahari Karroid Shrubland, Bushmanland Arid Grassland, Lower Gariep Broken Veld, Southern Kalahari Mekgacha, Upper Gariep Alluvial Vegetation |
Description | It occurs in sand-filled crevices among quartzite or limestone rocks on stony hill slopes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hermannia abrotanoides Schrad. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Magee, A.R. and Boatwright, J.S. (eds). In prep. Plants of the Karoo: A Conspectus of the Nama-Karoo and Adjacent Summer-Rainfall Regions of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces. Strelitzia.
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.
Verdoorn, I.C. 1980. Revision of Hermannia subgenus Hermannia in southern Africa. Bothalia 13(1&2):1-63.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2020. Hermannia abrotanoides Schrad. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/04 |
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