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Scientific Name | Rotheca suffruticosa (Gürke) Verdc. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LAMIACEAE |
Synonyms | Clerodendrum suffruticosum Gürke, Clerodendrum suffruticosum Gürke var. natalense Moldenke |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/01/26 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Tanzania to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Mountain slopes and rocky outcrops in grassland and savanna. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Clerodendrum suffruticosum Gürke var. natalense Moldenke | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Fernandes, R.B. and Verdcourt, B. 2000. Rotheca (Labiatae) revived: more new combinations. Kew Bulletin 55(1):147-154.
Govaerts, R. 2003. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp. Downloaded on 8 November 2010.
Retief, E. and Herman, P.P.J. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Thomas, B. 1937. Die Gattung Clerodendrum in Afrika. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 68:1-106.
Verdcourt, B. 1992. Verbenaceae. In: R.M. Polhill (ed). Flora of Tropical East Africa. A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam.
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Citation |
von Staden, L. 2012. Rotheca suffruticosa (Gürke) Verdc. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |