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Scientific Name | Passerina falcifolia (Meisn.) C.H.Wright |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Synonyms | Passerina filiformis L. var. falcifolia Meisn. |
Common Names | Outeniqua Gonna (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/11/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species that is not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs from the Outeniqua Mountains to the Zuurberg and the coastal forests near Alexandria in the Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Forest, Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in river banks, forest margin clearings or other disturbed places. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Passerina falcifolia (Meisn.) C.H.Wright | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bredenkamp, C.L. and Van Wyk, A.E. 2003. Taxonomy of the genus Passerina. Bothalia 33(1):59-98.
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.
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. 2018. Passerina falcifolia (Meisn.) C.H.Wright. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/08/21 |
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