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Scientific Name | Thunbergia venosa C.B.Clarke |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ACANTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/10/01 |
Assessor(s) | C.R. Scott-Shaw & L. von Staden |
Justification | A sparsely distributed species, known from 12 herbarium collections. No recorded threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Richmond to Inanda, northwards to Weenen and Estcourt. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, Thukela Valley Bushveld, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Income Sandy Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland |
Description | Grassland or wooded grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Thunbergia venosa C.B.Clarke | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Thunbergia venosa C.B.Clarke | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Mander, M. 1998. Marketing of indigenous medicinal plants in South Africa: a case study in KwaZulu-Natal. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
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.
Retief, E. and Reyneke, W.F. 1984. The genus Thunbergia in southern Africa. Bothalia 15(1&2):107-116.
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Citation |
| Scott-Shaw, C.R. & von Staden, L. 2007. Thunbergia venosa C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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