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Scientific Name | Amauropelta oppositiformis (C.Chr.) Holttum |
Higher Classification | Ferns |
Family | THELYPTERIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Dryopteris oppositiformis C.Chr., Dryopteris tsaratananensis C.Chr., Thelypteris oppositiformis (C.Chr.) Ching, Thelypteris strigosa in sense of Schelpe, Thelypteris tsaratananensis (C.Chr.) Ching |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/03/24 |
Assessor(s) | F. Cholo & L. von Staden |
Justification | Rare in South Africa, but not threatened. Widespread elsewhere in Africa and Madagascar. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | Known from only two records in South Africa: from the Drakensberg Escarpment in Mpumalanga and from KwaZulu-Natal. Widespread across eastern and tropical Africa as well as Madagascar. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Grassland |
Description | Fast-flowing, mountain stream banks, in high altitude grassland or along forest margins. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Amauropelta oppositiformis (C.Chr.) Holttum | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Klopper, R.R. and Crouch, N.R. 2010. Pteridophyta: New distribution records and noteworthy collections of Pteridophytes in KwaZulu-Natal. Bothalia 40(1):68-70.
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.
Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Cholo, F. & von Staden, L. 2011. Amauropelta oppositiformis (C.Chr.) Holttum. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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