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Scientific Name | Rotheca pilosa (H.Pearson) P.P.J.Herman & Retief |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LAMIACEAE |
Synonyms | Clerodendrum pilosum H.Pearson |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2008/08/03 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, P.A. Manyama & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | Known from two herbarium specimens collected between 1900 and 1911 in Kentani. This area is now severely degraded and this species is likely to be threatened but not enough is known about the distribution, specific habitat or population status of this species to determine its status. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Kentani. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Unknown. |
Threats |
| Probably threatened by overgrazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Rotheca pilosa (H.Pearson) P.P.J.Herman & Retief | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Herman, P.P.J. and Retief, E. 2002. New combinations in the genus Rotheca in southern Africa. Bothalia 32(1):81.
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.
Thomas, B. 1937. Die Gattung Clerodendrum in Afrika. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 68:1-106.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D., Manyama, P.A. & Kamundi, D.A. 2008. Rotheca pilosa (H.Pearson) P.P.J.Herman & Retief. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/12 |
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