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Scientific Name | Ocimum dolomiticola A.J.Paton |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LAMIACEAE |
Synonyms | Becium citriodorum S.D.Will. & K.Balkwill |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/10/06 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 619 km²), but very common species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Mountains east of Mokopane to the Wolkberg at Legalameetse. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Wolkberg Dolomite Grassland |
Description | Rocky hillsides with clay soils derived from dolomite. |
Population |
This species is endemic to dolomite outcrops, where it is locally very common (Williamson and Balkwill 1995).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ocimum dolomiticola A.J.Paton | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Williamson, S.D. and Balkwill, K. 1995. Four New Species of Becium Lindl. (Labiatae) from South Africa. Kew Bulletin 50(4):739-751.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Ocimum dolomiticola A.J.Paton. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/05/22 |
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