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Scientific Name | Andrachne ovalis (E.Mey. ex Sond.) Müll.Arg. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | PHYLLANTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Andrachne capensis Baill., Andrachne dregeana (Scheele) Baill., Clutia ovalis (E.Mey. ex Sond.) Scheele as Cluytia ovalis, not Clutia ovalis Sond., Phyllanthus dregeanus Scheele, Phyllanthus ovalis E.Mey. ex Sond., Savia ovalis (E.Mey. ex Sond.) Pax & K.Hoffm. |
Common Names | Bastard Lightning Bush (e), Basterbliksembos (a), Baster-bliksembos (a), Devil's Bush (e), False Lightning Bush (e), Insecticide-root (e), Mock Lightning Bush (e), Oumeideknie (a), Umbesa (z), Umbeza (z), Umbezo (x), Umbheza (z), Umbhezo (x), Umembeza (z), Umgquata (x), Umgqwata (x), Vals-bliksembos (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2005/07/29 |
Assessor(s) | R.H. Archer & J.E. Victor |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Andrachne ovalis (E.Mey. ex Sond.) Müll.Arg. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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 |
| Archer, R.H. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Andrachne ovalis (E.Mey. ex Sond.) Müll.Arg. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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