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Scientific Name | Streptocarpus confusus Hilliard subsp. lebomboensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GESNERIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/16 |
Assessor(s) | T.J. Edwards & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Very few collections of this taxon are known, it occurs in a very poorly collected area, and there is a lot of inaccessible but likely habitat that needs to be surveyed before this subspecies can be assigned to a threat category. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Mozambique, Swaziland and KwaZulu-Natal along the Lebombo Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Lebombo Summit Sourveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld |
Description | West-facing mountain slopes. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Streptocarpus confusus Hilliard subsp. lebomboensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Streptocarpus confusus Hilliard subsp. lebomboensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| Edwards, T.J. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Streptocarpus confusus Hilliard subsp. lebomboensis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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