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Scientific Name | Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Blainvillea gayana Cass., Wedelia gossweileri S.Moore |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/09 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Widely distributed in tropical Africa and Asia, extending southwards to Limpopo Province, South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Understory herb in riverine and mixed woodland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Blainvillea gayana Cass. | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Blainvillea gayana Cass. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Beentje, H.J. and Hind, D.J.N. 2005. Heliantheae. In: H.J. Beentje and S.A. Ghazanfar (eds). Flora of Tropical East Africa Compositae (Part 3):702-818. 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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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