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Scientific Name | Searsia burchellii (Sond. ex Engl.) Moffett |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ANACARDIACEAE |
Synonyms | Rhus burchellii Sond. ex Engl., Rhus undulata Jacq. var. burchellii (Sond.) Schönland, Rhus undulata Jacq. var. tricrenata (Engl.) R.Fern. |
Common Names | Karoo Kuni-bush (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/11/06 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species that is not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Free State, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | It is widespread across the central arid regions of southern Africa, from western Namibia southwards through Namaqualand and Bushmanland to the Little Karoo near Touws River, and eastwards through the Great Karoo to the eastern Free State and Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Nama Karoo, Savanna, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Plants grow on rocky hills in karroid shrublands and arid thornveld. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Searsia burchellii (Sond. ex Engl.) Moffett | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Moffett, R.O. 1993. Rhus. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 19 Part 3: Anacardiaceae, Fascicle 1:1-129. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Moffett, R.O. 2007. Name changes in the Old World Rhus and recognition of Searsia (Anacardiaceae). Bothalia 37(2):165-175.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Searsia burchellii (Sond. ex Engl.) Moffett. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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