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Scientific Name | Impatiens flanaganiae Hemsl. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BALSAMINACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/04/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden, J.E. Victor & E. Cloete |
Justification | Known from five locations and potentially threatened by harvesting for medicinal use, alien plant invasion and water extraction from river systems. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Pondoland and southern KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Scarp Forest |
Description | Scarp forest, in leaf litter among large boulders near the base of waterfalls in deep, moist, shaded sandstone gorges. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Harvesting [gathering] |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Impatiens flanaganiae Hemsl. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Impatiens flanaganiae Hemsl. | VU | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Impatiens flanaganiae Hemsl. | 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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L., Victor, J.E. & Cloete, E. 2006. Impatiens flanaganiae Hemsl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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