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Scientific Name | Cyrtomium luctuosum J.P.Roux |
Higher Classification | Ferns |
Family | DRYOPTERIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Aspidium anomophyllum in sense of Kuhn (in part), not of Zenker (1835) (misapplied name), Cyrtomium falcatum in sense of Pappe & Rawson (in part), not of (L.f.) C.Presl (1836) (misapplied name), Cyrtomium micropterum in sense of Ching (in part), not of Kunze (1851) (misapplied name), Phanerophlebia caryotidea (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Copel. var. micropteris in sense of Tardieu, not of Kunze (1851) (misapplied name) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2013/07/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, but localized habitat specialist, and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread across the eastern escarpment of South Africa, extending northwards through the East-African Highlands, also occurring in Cameroon and Madagascar. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest |
Description | Deep shade in afrotemperate, mistbelt and scarp forests, near water or on steep ravine slopes. |
Threats |
| This species occurs in an inaccessible, and well-protected habitat and is not threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyrtomium luctuosum J.P.Roux | Least Concern | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Roux, J.P. 2011. The genus Cyrtomium (Pteridophyta: Dryopteridaceae) in Africa and Madagascar. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 167(4):449–465.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2013. Cyrtomium luctuosum J.P.Roux. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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