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Scientific Name | Acrodon deminutus Klak |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2005/02/25 |
Assessor(s) | C. Klak, N.A. Helme, D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Four known locations are potentially threatened by trampling and grazing by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Bredasdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Potberg Ferricrete Fynbos |
Description | Clay with overlaying quartz pebbles in renosterveld. |
Threats |
| This species was formerly threatened by agriculture, some habitat was lost to wheat fields. A current potential threat to this species is trampling by grazing animals. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Acrodon deminutus Klak | VU D2 | 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.
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Citation |
| Klak, C., Helme, N.A., Raimondo, D. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Acrodon deminutus Klak. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/18 |
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