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Scientific Name | Exacum oldenlandioides (S.Moore) Klack. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Synonyms | Exacum quinquenervium in sense of other authors, not of Griseb. (misapplied name) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/01/21 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & L. von Staden |
Justification | Although this species is relatively rare in South Africa, it is extremely common and widespread elsewhere in Africa, and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Very widespread and common across Africa from Senegal southwards throughout tropical and southern Africa. Comparatively rare in South Africa, known only from the Kruger National Park, Tzaneen and Kaapse Hoop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | A weedy species that occurs in nearly any moist area, e.g. river beds, stream banks, rice fields, drainage ditches, road verges and wetlands. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Exacum oldenlandioides (S.Moore) Klack. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Exacum oldenlandioides (S.Moore) Klack. | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Klackenberg, J. 1985. The genus Exacum (Gentianaceae). Opera Botanica 84:1-144.
Marais, W. and Verdoorn, I.C. 1963. Gentianaceae. In: R.A. Dyer, L.E. Codd and H.B. Rycroft (eds). Flora of Southern Africa 26 (Myrsinaceae-Apocynaceae):171-243. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
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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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2011. Exacum oldenlandioides (S.Moore) Klack. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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