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Scientific Name | Riocreuxia polyantha Schltr. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Ceropegia burchellii (K.Schum) H.Huber subsp. profusa (N.E.Br.) H.Huber, Ceropegia burchellii (K.Schum.) H.Huber subsp. burchellii, Ceropegia burchellii (K.Schum.) H.Huber subsp. profusa (N.E.Br.) H.Huber, Ceropegia burchellii Britten, Riocreuxia burchellii K.Schum., Riocreuxia flanaganii Schltr. subsp. segregata R.A.Dyer, Riocreuxia profusa N.E.Br., Riocreuxia torulosa in sense of K.Schum., not of Decne. (misapplied name), Riocreuxia torulosa in sense of Schltr., not of (E.Mey.) Decne. (misapplied name) |
Common Names | Koeiriempies (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/05/10 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | Widespread across tropical and eastern Africa, extending southwards through eastern South Africa to the Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Savanna |
Description | Riverine and montane forest margins, wooded grassland and thicket. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Riocreuxia burchellii K.Schum. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Masinde, P.S. 2005. A revision of the African genus Riocreuxia Decne. (Apocynaceae:Asclepiadiodeae-Ceropegieae). Kew Bulletin 60(3):401-434.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Riocreuxia polyantha Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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