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Scientific Name | Commicarpus helenae (Roem. & Schult.) Meikle |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | NYCTAGINACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/15 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff & L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Northern Limpopo and Mpumalanga Lowveld. Widespread across eastern Africa, extending to the Middle East. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Mopane Gabbro Shrubland, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Tsende Mopaneveld, Mopane Basalt Shrubland, Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Granite Lowveld, Makhado Sweet Bushveld |
Description | Well-drained, stony soil or sand, loam or gravelly soil on riverbanks and floodplains or edges of pans and depressions, 200-1247 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Commicarpus helenae (Roem. & Schult.) Meikle var. helenae | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Stannard, B.L. 1988. Nyctaginaceae. In: E. Launert (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 9 (Part 1):12-28. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Struwig, M. and Siebert, S.J. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Commicarpus (Nyctaginaceae) in southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 84:44-64.
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Citation |
| van der Colff, D. & von Staden, L. 2015. Commicarpus helenae (Roem. & Schult.) Meikle. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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