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Scientific Name | Schizoglossum elingue N.E.Br. subsp. purpureum Kupicha |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2009/08/14 |
Assessor(s) | P.F. Matlamela & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | A range-restricted, high altitude habitat specialist known from a single site in South Africa (EOO 10 km²). This taxon has no known threats in South Africa. Its status in Lesotho is unknown. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Drakensberg Mountains, Thomatuwa Pass in South Africa and Sehlabathebe in Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland |
Description | Rocky grassland on steep slopes, 2300-2700 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Schizoglossum elingue N.E.Br. subsp. purpureum Kupicha | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Schizoglossum elingue N.E.Br. subsp. purpureum Kupicha | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
Kupicha, F.K. 1984. Studies on African Asclepiadaceae. Kew Bulletin 38(4):599-672.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| Matlamela, P.F. & Kamundi, D.A. 2009. Schizoglossum elingue N.E.Br. subsp. purpureum Kupicha. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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