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Scientific Name | Lasiosiphon polyanthus (Gilg) C.H.Wright var. polyanthus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Synonyms | Gnidia polyantha Gilg |
Common Names | Inhlanhla Elempofu (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/07/02 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread, but poorly known taxon, threatened in places by habitat loss and degradation, but not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Uncertain, possibly restricted to the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and Drakensberg foothills, extending to the Pondoland coast. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Steep rocky, grassy or shrubby slopes, among boulders or rock sheets. |
Threats |
| Threatened in parts of its range by habitat loss to timber plantations, urban expansion, crop cultivation and expanding rural settlements. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| The genus Lasiosiphon is in need of revision, and species remain poorly known and difficult to assess. The latest revisionary treatment of this taxon dates from 1915 (Wright 1915), where collections included in this assessment are cited. Most of these have imprecise locality descriptions, making it difficult to infer threats. Modern collections are difficult to verify, and this taxon is easily confused with the widespread and common L. anthylloides. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lasiosiphon polyanthus (Gilg) C.H.Wright var. polyanthus | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Gnidia polyantha Gilg | Least 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.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
Wright, C.H. 1925. Thymelaeaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis V Section II (Thymeleaceae-Ceratophylleae):1-81. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Lasiosiphon polyanthus (Gilg) C.H.Wright var. polyanthus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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