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Scientific Name | Trianthema transvaalensis Schinz |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Trianthema salsoloides Fenzl ex Oliv. var. stenophylla Adamson, Trianthema salsoloides Fenzl ex Oliv. var. transvaalensis (Schinz) Adamson |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | It is widespread across eastern South Africa, extending to southern Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Granite Lowveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Delagoa Lowveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Tsende Mopaneveld, Mopane Basalt Shrubland, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Zululand Lowveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Makhado Sweet Bushveld |
Description | Plants grow in open places with grass or shrub cover, mostly in loamy alluvial soils. |
Population |
Trianthema transvaalensis is a very common weedy species which thrives in degraded, disturbed, eroded and overgrazed areas.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Trianthema transvaalensis Schinz | LC | 2020.1 | | Trianthema salsoloides Fenzl ex Oliv. var. transvaalensis (Schinz) Adamson | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Trianthema salsoloides Fenzl ex Oliv. var. stenophylla Adamson | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hartmann, H.E.K., Meve, U. and Liede-Schumann, S. 2011. Towards a revision of Trianthema, the Cinderella of Aizoaceae. Plant Ecology and Evolution 144(2):177-213.
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. 2017. Trianthema transvaalensis Schinz. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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