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Scientific Name | Distephanus angulifolius (DC.) H.Rob. & B.Kahn |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Vernonia angulifolia DC. |
Common Names | Impoqompoqwane (z), Trailing Bitter-tea (e), Trailing Vernonia (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/18 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Southern Mozambique southwards along the KwaZulu-Natal coast to the Pondoland region of the Eastern Cape, as far as Port St Johns. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt |
Description | Margins of dune and coastal forests, below 800 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Distephanus angulifolius (DC.) H.Rob. & B.Kahn | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Pooley, E. 2005. A field guide to wild flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
Pope, G.V. 1992. Compositae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 6 (Part 1):1-255. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, 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.
Swelankomo, N. and Manning, J.C. 2014. The genus Distephanus (Asteraceae: Vernonieae) in southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 94:238-248.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Distephanus angulifolius (DC.) H.Rob. & B.Kahn. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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