Bellabella

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Huernia pendula E.A.Bruce
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
APOCYNACEAE
Common Names
Bellabella (x)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2007/03/01
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold
Justification
Restricted to river gorges in the Transkei, occurs on cliffs and is therefore safe from the impacts of livestock trampling and grazing, the main threat in this area.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Range
Bolo and along the Mbashe River, and at Collywobbles.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Eastern Valley Bushveld
Description
Pockets of soil and leaf-litter which gather on ledges on cliffs, or on rock outcrops, usually on north- or east-facing aspects.
Threats
No threats.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Huernia pendula E.A.BruceRare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Huernia pendula E.A.BruceIndeterminate Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

Bruce, E.A. 1951. Huernia pendula. Flowering Plants of Africa 28:t. 1108.


Bruyns, P.V. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar. (Vol. 1, pp. 1-330). Umdaus Press, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Leach, L.C. 1988. A revision of Huernia. In: M.J. Kimberley (ed), Excelsa Taxonomic Series 4 (pp. 1-197), The Aloe, Cactus and Succulent Society of Zimbabwe, Harare.


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.


Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.


Citation
Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2007. Huernia pendula E.A.Bruce. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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