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Scientific Name | Xysmalobium pedifoetidum Bester & Nicholas |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/19 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | Eastern Drakensberg Escarpment north of Belfast to the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg foothills in the Umzimkhulu district. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Open, rocky, high-altitude montane grassland. |
Population |
This widespread species was long overlooked due to taxonomic problems in the genus Xysmalobium (Bester et al. 2011). Records are scattered over a wide area, but it may remain overlooked and more common than records indicate.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Xysmalobium pedifoetidum Bester & Nicholas | Least Concern | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Bester, S.P., Nicholas, A. and Condy, G. 2011. Xysmalobium pedifoetidum. Flowering Plants of Africa 62:100-109.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Xysmalobium pedifoetidum Bester & Nicholas. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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