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Scientific Name | Curio radicans (L.) P.V.Heath |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Cacalia radicans L., Kleinia radicans (L.) Haw., Senecio adenocalyx Dinter, Senecio radicans (L.) Sch.Bip., Senecio rhopalodenia Dinter |
Common Names | Bobbejaantoontjies (a), Vingertjies (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/16 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Namibia to the Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Rocky outcrops, flats and hills, sheltered among shrubs. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio radicans (L.f.) Sch.Bip. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Eggli, U. (ed). 2001. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Dicotyledons. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg.
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.
Heath, P.V. 1999. Three new generic names in the Asteraceae (part 2). Calyx 6(2):54-55.
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.
Rowley, G.D. 1994. Succulent Compositae. Strawberry Press, California.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Curio radicans (L.) P.V.Heath. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/15 |
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