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Scientific Name | Charadrophila capensis Marloth |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | STILBACEAE |
Common Names | Wild Gloxinia (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2013/01/17 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden, N.A. Helme & K.E. Steiner |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 290 km²), and very rare habitat specialist, but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Hottentots Holland and Kogelberg mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Moist, shaded stream banks, on rock faces or under overhanging rocks. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Charadrophila capensis Marloth | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Charadrophila capensis Marloth | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Charadrophila capensis Marloth | Vulnerable | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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.
Weber, A. 1989. Family position and conjectural affinities of Charadrophila capensis Marloth. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 111(1):87-119.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L., Helme, N.A. & Steiner, K.E. 2013. Charadrophila capensis Marloth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/24 |
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