Climbing Saffron

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Lauridia tetragona (L.f.) R.H.Archer
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
CELASTRACEAE
Synonyms
Allocassine tetragona (L.f.) N.Robson, Cassine albanensis Sond., Cassine latifolia Eckl. & Zeyh., Cassine latifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. var. heterophylla Sond., Cassine scandens Eckl. & Zeyh., Cassine scandens Eckl. & Zeyh. var. latifolia Sond., Cassine scandens Eckl. & Zeyh. var. laxa Loes., Cassine tetragona (L.f.) Druce, Cassine tetragona (L.f.) Loes., Cassine tetragona (Thunb.) Loes., Cassine tetragona Thunb., Cassine tetragona Thunb. var. laxa (Loes.) Loes., Celastrus tetragonus Thunb., Rhamnus tetragona L.f.
Common Names
Bob-cherry (e), Climbing Saffron (e), Droë-lewer (a), Ranksaffraan (a), Umbovana (x), Umdlavuza (x)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2005/10/08
Assessor(s)
R.H. Archer & J.E. Victor
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Lauridia tetragona (L.f.) R.H.ArcherLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.


Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.


Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.


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.


Citation
Archer, R.H. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Lauridia tetragona (L.f.) R.H.Archer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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