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Scientific Name | Dicliptera clinopodia Nees |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ACANTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Justicia clinopodia E.Mey. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2010/10/27 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species that is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread across eastern South Africa, as well as eastern and tropical Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Forest and forest margins, riparian bush, savanna and grassy slopes near the coast. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dicliptera clinopodia Nees | 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.
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Citation |
| Kamundi, D.A. & von Staden, L. 2010. Dicliptera clinopodia Nees. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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