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Scientific Name | Microloma incanum Decne. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2010/09/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Southern Namibia and arid interior of north-western South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Arid shrubland and thornveld, occurring on sandy flats as well as rocky slopes. |
Population |
This widespread species is extremely common, and is often a dominant component of arid shrubby vegetation around the Orange River (Bruyns and Linder 1991).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Microloma incanum Decne. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P. and Linder, H.P. 1991. A revision of Microloma R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae - Asclepiadeae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 112(4):453-527.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2010. Microloma incanum Decne. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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