| Scientific Name | Myrothamnus flabellifolius Welw. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | MYROTHAMNACEAE | Synonyms | Cliffortia flabellifolia Sond. | Common Names | Bergboegoe (a), Bergbuchu (a), Opstandingsplant (a), Resurrection Plant (e), Sinkingsbos (a), Sinkingsbossie (a), Umafavuke (nd), Umazifisi (nd), Uvukakwabafile (z), Uvukwababa (z), Uvukwabafile (z) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic | Assessment Date | 2008/01/15 | Assessor(s) | V.L. Williams, D. Raimondo, N.R. Crouch, A.B. Cunningham, C.R. Scott-Shaw, M. Lötter & A.M. Ngwenya |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial |
Assessment History |
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Citation/Red List version | | Myrothamnus flabellifolius Welw. | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Myrothamnus flabellifolius Welw. | Lower Risk - Conservation Dependent | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography | Cunningham, A.B. 1988. An investigation of the herbal medicine trade in Natal/KwaZulu. Investigational Report No. 29. Institute of Natural Resources, Pietermaritzburg.
Glen, H.F., Sherwin, H. and Condy, G. 1991. Myrothamnus flabellifolia. Flowering Plants of Africa 56:62-68.
Moore, J.P., Farrant, J.M., Lindsey, G.G. and Brandt, W.F. 2007. The resurrection plant, Myrothamnus flabellifolius: one species or many? PlantLife 93(3):161-163.
Moore, J.P., Lindsey, G.G., Farrant, J.M. and Brandt, W.F. 2007. An overview of the biology of the dessication tolerant resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolia. Annals of Botany 99:211-217.
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.
Williams, V.L. 2007. The design of a risk assessment model to determine the impact of the herbal medicine trade on the Witwatersrand on resources of indigenous plant species. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
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Citation | | Williams, V.L., Raimondo, D., Crouch, N.R., Cunningham, A.B., Scott-Shaw, C.R., Lötter, M. & Ngwenya, A.M. 2008. Myrothamnus flabellifolius Welw. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/15 |
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