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Scientific Name | Ecbolium flanaganii C.B.Clarke |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ACANTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/05 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Ecbolium flanaganii is a range-restricted species with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 1279 km². It has no severe threats, and is therefore not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Eastern Cape, where it occurs from the Kariega River to Kei Mouth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Savanna |
Description | It occurs in Euphorbia-dominated thicket, thicket margins and riverine forest in hot, dry river valleys close to the coast, 50-450 m. |
Threats |
| Some subpopulations near the Buffalo River Mouth known through historical records may now be locally extinct due to habitat loss to urban and industrial expansion. Most remaining subpopulations are however not threatened. |
Population |
This species is known from only a few collections, and was last recorded in 1977. Much intact habitat remains, and it is possibly overlooked, rather than rare or threatened. Field surveys are needed to confirm this.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ecbolium flanaganii 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.
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.
Vollesen, K. 1989. A revision of Megalochlamys and Ecbolium (Acanthaceae: Justicieae). Kew Bulletin 44(4):601-680.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Ecbolium flanaganii C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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