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Scientific Name | Adenia fruticosa Burtt Davy subsp. simplicifolia W.J.de Wilde |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | PASSIFLORACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2008/07/09 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | The population status of this species in South Africa is poorly known - it was collected only once in 1934. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Central eastern Zimbabwe to Waterpoort north of the Soutpansberg Mountains. Also recorded from the Tuli Block in Botswana. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Low, deciduous, open Mopane woodland and tall Terminalia woodland on basalt, gneiss, granite and pegmatite. |
Threats |
| Possibly threatened by medicinal plant use: other subspecies of Adenia fruticosa are known to be used medicinally. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Adenia fruticosa Burtt Davy subsp. simplicifolia W.J.de Wilde | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Adenia fruticosa Burtt Davy subsp. simplicifolia W.J.de Wilde | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Adenia fruticosa Burtt Davy subsp. simplicifolia W.J.de Wilde | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Venter, S. 1993. Notes on the genus Adenia with special reference to the Transvaal species. Aloe 30(3/4):83-89.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2008. Adenia fruticosa Burtt Davy subsp. simplicifolia W.J.de Wilde. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/04 |
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