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Scientific Name | Phyllopodium viscidissimum Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2017/11/06 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & N.A. Helme |
Justification | A rare and localized habitat specialist, known from three subpopulations within a small area (EOO 588 km²). There are no severe threats to this species and therefore it is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in the mountains of the Koue-Bokkeveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in ledges at the base of high, south-facing cliffs. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat is inaccessible and it therefore has no severe threats. |
Population |
A very rare and localized habitat specialist. It is currently known from three isolated subpopulations. It is however cryptic and easily overlooked, and in addition occurs on inaccessible mountain peaks, and may therefore be more common than records suggest.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phyllopodium viscidissimum Hilliard | Rare | 2020.1 | | Phyllopodium viscidissimum Hilliard | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Phyllopodium viscidissimum Hilliard | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Hilliard, O.M. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Helme, N.A. 2017. Phyllopodium viscidissimum Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/10/06 |
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