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Scientific Name | Rubus apetalus Poir. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2013/02/13 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common, and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | Tropical Africa to South Africa, where it is widespread across eastern South Africa southwards to the Western Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Grassland among rocks, edges of forests, plantations and streamsides. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Rubus apetalus Poir. var. apetalus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Henderson, L. 2011. Rubus species - brambles, blackberries and others. SAPIA News 19:1-9.
Mendes, E.J. and Kupicha, F.K. 1978. Rosaceae. In: E. Launert (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 4:7-33. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
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.
Spies, J.J. and Du Plessis, H. 1985. The genus Rubus in South Africa. I. Chromosome numbers and geographical distribution of species. Bothalia 15(3&4):591-596.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2013. Rubus apetalus Poir. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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