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Scientific Name | Zehneria scabra (L.f.) Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CUCURBITACEAE |
Synonyms | Bryonia punctata Thunb. (later homonym), not of L. (1753), Bryonia scabra L.f., Melothria cordata (Thunb.) Cogn., Melothria longepedunculata (A.Rich.) Cogn., Melothria punctata Cogn. (later homonym), not of Riddell (1853), Melothria velutina Cogn., Pilogyne scabra (L.f.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes, Zehneria longepedunculata A.Rich. |
Common Names | Dawetjieswortel (a), Dawidjieswortel (a), Itanga (x), Leraka-mposhane (ss), Lerakane (ss), Monyaka (ss), Simbene (x), Ukalimela (x) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/23 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | It is widespread across eastern South Africa, extending southwards along the southern Cape forests to the Cape Peninsula. This species also occurs further north across tropical Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Plants grow in forest margins and riverine areas. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pilogyne scabra (L.f.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Zehneria scabra (L.f.) Sond. subsp. scabra | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
De Boer, H.J., Cross, H.B., De Wilde, W.J.J.O., Duyfjes, B.E.E. and Gravendeel, B. 2015. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Cucurbitaceae tribe Benincaseae urge for merging of Pilogyne with Zehneria. Phytotaxa 236(2):173–183.
De Wilde, W.J.J.O. and Duyfjes, B.E.E. 2010. New combinations in African Cucurbitaceae. Blumea 55(3):294-294.
Jeffrey, C. 1978. Cucurbitaceae. In: E. Launert (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 4:414-499. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Zehneria scabra (L.f.) Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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