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Scientific Name | Hermannia damarana Baker f. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MALVACEAE |
Synonyms | Hermannia lindquistii Engl. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/05/11 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Hermannia damarana is a rare and localized species in South Africa, but not suspected to be threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | North West |
Range | This species is widespread in Namibia and Botswana. It is known from a single record from South Africa, near the Botswana border west of Mafikeng. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Mafikeng Bushveld |
Description | It occurs in lime-rich soils on flats and gentle slopes in thornveld. |
Population |
This species is rare and localized within South Africa, but is widespread outside South Africa. It was last recorded in South Africa in 1977, but is likely to be overlooked, as it occurs in a remote and botanically poorly explored area near the border with Botswana.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hermannia damarana Baker f. | 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.
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. 2018. Hermannia damarana Baker f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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