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Scientific Name | Antherotoma phaeotricha (Hochst.) Jacq.-Fél. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MELASTOMATACEAE |
Synonyms | Dissotis phaeotricha (Hochst.) Hook.f., Dissotis phaeotricha (Hochst.) Hook.f. var. hirsuta (Cogn.) A.Fern. & R.Fern., Dissotis phaeotricha (Hochst.) Hook.f. var. phaeotricha, Dissotis phaeotricha (Hochst.) Hook.f. var. villosissima A.Fern. & R.Fern. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/10/06 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Antherotoma phaeotricha is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species is widespread across eastern South Africa, from the Soutpansberg in northern Limpopo to the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. It is widespread further north through tropical Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Ithala Quartzite Sourveld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Muzi Palm Veld and Wooded Grassland, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Waterberg-Magaliesberg Summit Sourveld |
Description | If prefers swamps and damp places, and valley-bottom grasslands, 180-1500 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Antherotoma phaeotricha (Hochst.) Jacq.-Fél. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Fernandes, A. and Fernandes, R. 1978. Melastomataceae. In: E. Launert (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 4:219-276. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Jacques-Félix, H. 1995. Histoire des Malastomataceae d'Afrique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia 16(2-4):235-311.
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.
Sonder, W. 1861. Melastomaceae. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis II (Leguminosae to Loranthaceae):517-519. Hodges, Smith and Co., Dublin.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Antherotoma phaeotricha (Hochst.) Jacq.-Fél. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/04 |
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