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Scientific Name | Xysmalobium confusum Scott-Elliot |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Asclepias confusa (Scott-Elliot) Schltr., Asclepias rectinervis (Schltr.) Schltr., Gomphocarpus rectinervis Schltr. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/07/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Xysmalobium confusum is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species is widespread across eastern South Africa, from Louis Trichardt in northern Limpopo Province to the Msikaba River in the Pondoland region of the Eastern Cape. Also occurring in Mozambique and Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Woodbush Granite Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Barberton Montane Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld |
Description | It occurs in well-drained grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Xysmalobium confusum Scott-Elliot | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Nicholas, A. 1999. A taxonomic reassessment of the subtribe Asclepiadinae (Asclepiaceae) in Southern Africa. Unpublished Ph.D., University of Durban-Westville, Durban.
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. 2018. Xysmalobium confusum Scott-Elliot. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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