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Scientific Name | Bonatea boltonii (Harv.) Bolus |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Habenaria bonatea Rchb.f. var. boltonii (Harv.) Bolus |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2010/02/16 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread in eastern South Africa from Polokwane to Grahamstown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Grasslands, savanna and coastal dunes, rarely in forest margins and thicket, from sea level to 1 900 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bonatea boltonii (Harv.) Bolus | Least Concern | 2011.1 | |
Bibliography |
Ponsie, M.E., Edwards, T.J. and Johnson, S.D. 2007. A taxonomic revision of Bonatea Willd. (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae: Habenariinae). South African Journal of Botany 73:1-21.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2010. Bonatea boltonii (Harv.) Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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