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Scientific Name | Acmella caulirhiza Delile |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Acmella mauritanica of other authors, not of Rich. (misapplied name), Spilanthes acmella of other authors, not of (L.) Murray (misapplied name), Spilanthes africana DC., Spilanthes mauritiana (Pers.) DC. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa and Madagascar, extending southwards to northern and eastern South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Pioneer in moist, open areas, often colonizing disturbed areas. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Spilanthes mauritiana (Pers.) DC. | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Spilanthes mauritiana (Pers.) DC. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Beentje, H.J. and Hind, D.J.N. 2005. Heliantheae. In: H.J. Beentje and S.A. Ghazanfar (eds). Flora of Tropical East Africa Compositae (Part 3):702-818. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Pooley, E. 2005. A field guide to wild flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
Sieben, E.J.J. 2009. The status and distribution of vascular plants (Magnoliophyta, Lycophyta, Pteridophyta). In: W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle and P. Skelton (eds.), The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in southern Africa (pp. 83-98), IUCN and SAIAB, Gland, Switzerland and Grahamstown, South Africa.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Acmella caulirhiza Delile. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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