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Scientific Name | Abutilon angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MALVACEAE |
Common Names | Elephant's Ear (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/15 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | Widespread across the drier parts of tropical Africa from Senegal, Gambia and Mali eastward to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, and southward to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and eastern South Africa. It also occurs in Madagascar. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Zululand Lowveld, Lowveld Riverine Forest, Northern Afrotemperate Forest, Southern Mistbelt Forest, Northern Mistbelt Forest, Scarp Forest, Northern Coastal Forest, Ironwood Dry Forest, Central Sandy Bushveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Western Sandy Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld, Tsende Mopaneveld, Mopane Basalt Shrubland, Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, Norite Koppies Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Granite Lowveld, Muzi Palm Veld and Wooded Grassland, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Mopane Gabbro Shrubland, Musina Mopane Bushveld |
Description | Forest margins, secondary forest, scrub and riverine bush in moist regions, in drier regions on alkaline or somewhat brackish soils in open situations such as pans, river banks and roadsides. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Abutilon angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. var. macrophyllum (Baker f.) Hochr. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Abutilon angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. var. angulatum | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Exell, A.W. 1961. Malvaceae. In: A.W. Exell and H. Wild (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 1 (Part 2):420-511. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London.
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 |
| van der Colff, D. 2015. Abutilon angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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