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Scientific Name | Rhigozum brevispinosum Kuntze |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BIGNONIACEAE |
Synonyms | Rhigozum linifolium S.Moore, Rhigozum spinosum Burch. ex Sprague |
Common Names | Kortdoringgranaat (a), Simple-leaved Rhigozum (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/05 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | It is widespread across northern South Africa, from the Orange River Valley in the Northern Cape to Sekhukhuneland on the border between Mpumalanga and Limpopo. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Molopo Bushveld, Mafikeng Bushveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Makhado Sweet Bushveld, Southern Kalahari Mekgacha, Stella Bushveld, Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, Marikana Thornveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Roodeberg Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Dwaalboom Thornveld, Western Sandy Bushveld, Polokwane Plateau Bushveld, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Koranna-Langeberg Mountain Bushveld, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Plants grow in hot, dry bushveld on hillsides or dense low thornveld in river valleys. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Rhigozum brevispinosum Kuntze | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Coates Palgrave, M. 2002. Keith Coates Palgrave Trees of southern Africa. 3rd Edition. Struik, Cape Town.
Diniz, M.A. 1988. Bignoniaceae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 8 (Part 3):60-113. 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.
Schmidt, E., Lotter, M. and McCleland, W. 2002. Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park. Jacana, Johannesburg.
Sprague, T.A. 1904. Bignoniaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis IV Section II (Hydrophyllaceae to Pedalineae):447-454. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Rhigozum brevispinosum Kuntze. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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