Brandbossie

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Lasiosiphon anthylloides (L.f.) Meisn.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
THYMELAEACEAE
Synonyms
Arthrosolen anthylloides (L.f.) C.A.Mey., Gnidia anthylloides (L.f.) Gilg, Gnidia anthylloides (L.f.) Gilg var. macrophylla (Meisn.) M.Moss, Lasiosiphon anthylloides (L.f.) Meisn. var. vulgaris (Meisn). Meisn., Passerina anthylloides L.f., Passerina anthylloides L.f. var. vulgaris Meisn.
Common Names
Brandbossie (a), Indolo (z), Intozwane (z), Isidikili Esikhulu (z)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2015/11/01
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden
Justification
Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape
Range
Riversdale to northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna
Description
Open grasslands, coastal scrub and forest margins.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Lasiosiphon anthylloides (L.f.) Meisn.Least Concern 2015.1
Gnidia anthylloides (L.f.) GilgLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Beaumont, A.J., Edwards, T.J., Manning, J., Maurin, O., Rautenbach, M., Motsi, M.C., Fay, M.F., Chase, M.W. and Van Der Bank, M. 2009. Gnidia (Thymelaeaceae) is not monophyletic: taxonomic implications for Thymelaeoideae and a partial new generic taxonomy for Gnidia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160(4):402-417.


Gilg, E. 1895. Thymelaeaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 19:256-277.


Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.


Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Meisner, C.F. 1857. Thymelaeaceae. In: A.P. De Candolle (ed). Prodromus Systematis Universalis Regni Vegetabilis 14:493-605.


Moss, M. 1938. Gnidia anthylloides var. macrophylla. Flowering Plants of Africa 18:t. 718.


Pooley, E. 2005. A field guide to wild flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.


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.


Wright, C.H. 1897. Palmae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis VII (Pontederiaceae to Gramineae):28-30. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.


Citation
von Staden, L. 2015. Lasiosiphon anthylloides (L.f.) Meisn. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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