Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Dicliptera minor C.B.Clarke subsp. minor
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ACANTHACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2010/10/28
Assessor(s)
D.A. Kamundi & L. von Staden
Justification
A widespread species that is not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Limpopo, North West
Range
Northern North West Province, western Limpopo and south-west Botswana.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Savanna
Description
Woodland, savanna and riparian bush.
Population

Collections are sparse, and may not be an accurate reflection of the abundance of this species, which occurs in one of the botanically less well explored parts of South Africa.


Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Dicliptera minor C.B.Clarke subsp. minor Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Balkwill, K., Getliffe Norris, F. and Balkwill, M.-J. 1996. Systematic Studies in the Acanthaceae: Dicliptera in southern Africa. Kew Bulletin 51(1):1-61.


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.


Citation
Kamundi, D.A. & von Staden, L. 2010. Dicliptera minor C.B.Clarke subsp. minor. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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