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Scientific Name | Microloma armatum (Thunb.) Schltr. var. burchellii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Microloma burchellii N.E.Br., Microloma viridiflorum N.E.Br. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2010/09/02 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Widespread and not declining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Widespread, but sparsely distributed across southern Namibia and the Northern Cape Province, South Africa, extending as far south as Karoopoort east of Ceres in the Western Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nama Karoo, Savanna, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Arid shrubland and thornveld. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Microloma armatum (Thunb.) Schltr. var. burchellii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns | 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 |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2010. Microloma armatum (Thunb.) Schltr. var. burchellii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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