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Scientific Name | Lasiosiphon microcephalus (Meisn.) J.C.Manning & Magee |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Synonyms | Arthrosolen microcephalus (Meisn.) E.Phillips, Arthrosolen pimeleoides Meisn., Gnidia microcephala Meisn., Gnidia phyllodinea S.Moore, Gnidia thomsonii H.Pearson |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/11/10 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa and northwards to Zambia, Malawi and Angola. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Dry hillsides with sandy soils in grassland and woodland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gnidia microcephala Meisn. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Burtt Davy, J. 1926. A manual of the flowering plants and ferns of the Transvaal with Swaziland, South Africa. Part I. Pteridophyta to Bombacaceae. Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., London.
Manning, J.C. and Magee, A.R. 2017. Lasiosiphon esterhuyseniae (Thymelaeaceae: Thymelaeoideae), a new species from Northern Cape (South Africa), and the transfer of two additional southern African species to the genus. Kew Bulletin 72(12):1-6.
Peterson, B. 2006. Thymelaeaceae. In: G.V. Pope, R.M. Polhill and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 9 (Part 3):85-117. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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. 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. 2016. Lasiosiphon microcephalus (Meisn.) J.C.Manning & Magee. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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