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Scientific Name | Hermannia violacea (Burch. ex DC.) K.Schum. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MALVACEAE |
Synonyms | Mahernia violacea Burch. ex DC. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/27 |
Assessor(s) | C.L. Bredenkamp, J.E. Victor & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A habitat specialist, known from three sites within a range of 2500 km². It is likely that a few more undiscovered subpopulations exist. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Bruintjieshoogte to the Amathole Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Amathole Montane Grassland, Southern Mistbelt Forest |
Description | Forest margins. |
Threats |
| No known threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hermannia violacea (Burch. ex DC.) K.Schum. | Rare | 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.
Schumann, K. 1900. Sterculiaceae Africanae. In: A. Engler (ed). Monographieen Afrikanischer Pflanzen-Familien und -Gattungen 5:1-140, Leipzig.
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Citation |
| Bredenkamp, C.L., Victor, J.E. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Hermannia violacea (Burch. ex DC.) K.Schum. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/04 |
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