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Scientific Name | Combretum petrophilum Retief |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | COMBRETACEAE |
Common Names | Olifants River Bushwillow (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/14 |
Assessor(s) | M. Lötter, D. McMurtry & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A habitat specialist known from less than 10 subpopulations, most of which occur in inaccessible habitats and are not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Waterberg, Strydpoort Mountains, Loskop Dam and Mpumalanga Drakensberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Loskop Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Rocky outcrops in mountain bushveld. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Combretum petrophilum Retief | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Combretum petrophilum Retief | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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 |
| Lötter, M., McMurtry, D. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Combretum petrophilum Retief. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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