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Scientific Name | Dicliptera extenta S.Moore |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ACANTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Dicliptera zeylanica in sense of C.B.Clarke, not of Nees (misapplied name) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2010/10/27 |
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 | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | Coastal areas of the southern Western Cape and Eastern Cape, and northwards along the Escarpment to the Soutpansberg. Also occurs in Swaziland and the Chimanimani Highlands on the border between Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest |
Description | Damp forest floors. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dicliptera extenta S.Moore | 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.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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 extenta S.Moore. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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