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Scientific Name | Coccinia mackenii Naudin ex C.Huber |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CUCURBITACEAE |
Synonyms | Cephalandra mackennii (Naudin ex C.Huber) Naudin, Cephalandra palmata Sond., Coccinia dinteri André, Coccinia palmata (Sond.) Cogn. (later homonym), not of Roemer (1846) |
Common Names | Bospampoentjie (a), Ibhece Lehlathi (z), Uthangazane Lwehlathi (z), Uthangazane Omncane (z), Wild Cucumber (e), Wildepampoen (a), Wildepampoentjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/10/23 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Eastern escarpment of South Africa from the Soutpansberg southwards through KwaZulu-Natal to the Eastern Cape coast north of East London. This species also occurs in southern Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Northern Coastal Forest, Southern Coastal Forest, Scarp Forest, Northern Mistbelt Forest, Southern Mistbelt Forest, Northern Afrotemperate Forest, Lowveld Riverine Forest, Subtropical Dune Thicket, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Hamburg Dune Thicket, Kasouga Dune Thicket |
Description | Forest margins. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Coccinia mackenii Naudin ex C.Huber | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Coccinia palmata (Sond.) Cogn. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Holstein, N. and Renner, S.S. 2010. Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae) gains two new species from East Africa, three new synonyms, and one new combination. Kew Bulletin 65(3):435-441.
Meeuse, A.D.J. 1962. The Cucurbitaceae of southern Africa. Bothalia 8(1):1-112.
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. 2018. Coccinia mackenii Naudin ex C.Huber. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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