| Scientific Name | Dicliptera heterostegia Nees | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | ACANTHACEAE | Synonyms | Dicliptera mossambicensis Klotzsch, Justicia heterostegia E.Mey. |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2010/10/29 | 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, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga | Range | Mpumalanga Lowveld southwards to Swaziland and the Maputaland coastal plains, the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape coast to East London. Also widespread throughout southern and tropical Africa occurring as far as India. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna | Description | Forest margins and floors, dune forests, and occasionally savanna. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
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Citation/Red List version | | Dicliptera heterostegia 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 heterostegia Nees. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18 |
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