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Scientific Name | Olinia huillensis Welw. ex A.Fern. & R.Fern. subsp. huillensis |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OLINIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/08/25 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread across southern Africa from Angola and Zambia southwards to the Soutpansberg, Wolkberg and Venda areas in Limpopo, as well as the Blyde River Canyon in Mpumalanga. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Rocky slopes in grassland on the escarpment above the upper limit of scarp forests, 1300-2225 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Specimens of this taxon were previously misidentified as Olinia rochetiana - see for example Coates Palgrave (2002). The true Olinia rochetiana is confined to north-eastern and central Ethiopia, south-eastern Sudan, Uganda, north-eastern Kenya and Tanzania (Sebola and Balkwill 2009). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Olinia rochetiana Juss. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Coates Palgrave, M. 2002. Keith Coates Palgrave Trees of southern Africa. 3rd Edition. Struik, Cape Town.
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.
Sebola, R.J. and Balkwill, K. 2009. Numerical phenetic analysis of Olinia rochetiana sensu lato (Oliniaceae). Kew Bulletin 64:95-121.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Olinia huillensis Welw. ex A.Fern. & R.Fern. subsp. huillensis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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