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Scientific Name | Riocreuxia torulosa Decne. var. torulosa |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Ceropegia effusa H.Huber (in part), Ceropegia torulosa E.Mey., Riocreuxia torulosa Decne. var. longidens N.E.Br., Riocreuxia torulosa Decne. var. obsoleta N.E.Br., Riocreuxia torulosa Decne. var. tomentosa N.E.Br. |
Common Names | Candle-vine (e), Kandelaarblom (a), Ugwapha (z), Unquntane (z), Ushuqu (z) |
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, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa, including Lesotho and Swaziland, and extending southwards to the coastal forests of the southern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Forest, Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Riverine bush or scrub and forest margins. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Riocreuxia torulosa Decne. var. torulosa | 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.
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. 2012. Riocreuxia torulosa Decne. var. torulosa. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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