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Scientific Name | Monechma acutum C.B.Clarke |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ACANTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2016/10/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Monechma acutum is a rare and poorly known species, possibly restricted to a small area between Humansdorp and Uitenhage, where it is likely to be threatened by ongoing habitat loss and degradation. Munday (1995) does not include it in her revision of the genus - it possibly belongs to another genus or may be conspecific with other taxa. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Humansdorp to Uitenhage. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket |
Description | Unknown. |
Threats |
| This species is possibly threatened by habitat loss to timber plantations, urban expansion, competition from alien invasive plants and overgrazing. |
Population |
Clarke (1901) cites two collections of this species. Hoffman and Cowling (1991) report it from the lower Sundays River Valley.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Monechma acutum C.B.Clarke | DDT | 2017.1 | | Monechma acutum C.B.Clarke | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Clarke, C.B. 1901. Acanthaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis V Section I (Acanthaceae-Proteaceae):1-92. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
Hoffman, M.T. and Cowling, R.M. 1991. Phytochorology and endemism along aridity and grazing gradients in the lower Sundays River Valley, South Africa: Implications for vegetation history. Journal of Biogeography 18(2):189-201.
Munday, J. 1995. Monechma. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 30 Part 3: Acanthaceae, Fascicle 1: Justiciinae:47-61. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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. 2016. Monechma acutum C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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