Rhoicissus tridentata--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 421.jpg
Native to Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe; introduced into Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Lydenburg)
-25.315833, 30.495278
Location Remarks
Buffelskloof Private Nature Reserve
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
South Africa
Location Remarks
Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Hibiscus Coast NU)
-31.006667, 30.177222
Location Remarks
Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Vitales
Family
Vitaceae
Genus
Rhoicissus
Specific Epithet
tridentata
Authorship
(L.fil.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#165,645 of 335,497
Top 50%
Extinction probability
6%
