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Scientific Name | Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Eulophia mackenii Rolfe ex Hemsl., Eulophidium mackenii (Rolfe ex Hemsl.) Schltr., Oeceoclades mackenii (Rolfe ex Hemsl.) Garay & P.Taylor |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/05/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A globally very widespread, but locally apparently very rare species, known from only a few records, but not suspected to be threatened. It may also be overlooked as plants are well camouflaged among shaded forest leaf litter (McMurtry et al. 2008). |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Widespread across the tropics of Africa and South and Central America, and rare in southern Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest |
Description | Leaf litter in shade of riverine forest or woodland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Oeceoclades mackenii (Rolfe ex Hemsl.) Garay & P.Taylor | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
La Croix, I. and Cribb, P.J. 1998. Orchidaceae (Part 2). In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 11 (Part 2):321-569. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
McMurtry, D., Grobler, L., Grobler, J. and Burns, S. 2008. Field guide to the Orchids of northern South Africa and Swaziland. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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. Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/15 |
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