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Scientific Name | Microcoelia obovata Summerh. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2006/10/16 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | One unconfirmed record for South Africa, from somewhere in far northern KwaZulu-Natal. There are no herbarium specimens of South African origin cited in the literature. Too little is known about this species distribution within South Africa to determine its status nationally. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Widespread in eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique, possibly also occurs in northern KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Woodland, wooded grassland and riverine forest, growing in exposed places and often in the crowns of trees, 10-1100 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Microcoelia obovata Summerh. | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Microcoelia obovata Summerh. | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | |
Bibliography |
Harrison, E.R. 1996. African orchid adventure: the search for Aerangis kirkii. South African Orchid Journal 27(2):38-41.
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.
Linder, H.P. and Kurzweil, H. 1999. Orchids of southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2006. Microcoelia obovata Summerh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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