Homalium rufescens

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Homalium rufescens
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Flowers of Homalium rufescens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Homalium
Species:
H. rufescens
Binomial name
Homalium rufescens
Synonyms [2]
  • Blakwellia rufescens(Benth.) Harv.
  • Pythagorea africanaE.Mey.
  • Pythagorea rufescensE.Mey. ex Arn.

Homalium rufescens is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae. It is commonly called the Small-leaved Brown-Ironwood. [3] It is a shrub or tree endemic to the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa. [2]

References

  1. Hilton-Taylor, C.; et al. (1998). "Homalium rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998 e.T34952A9900555. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34952A9900555.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Homalium rufescens Benth". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  3. "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. Retrieved 2023-07-26.