Tontelbos

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Caputia tomentosa (Haw.) B.Nord. & Pelser
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ASTERACEAE
Synonyms
Cacalia canescens Willd., Cacalia haworthii Sweet, Cacalia tomentosa Haw., Kleinia cana DC., Kleinia haworthii (Sweet) DC., Kleinia tomentosa Haw., Senecio haworthii (Sweet) Sch.Bip., Senecio quinquangulatus Sch.Bip.
Common Names
Tontelbos (a)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2015/07/10
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo & L. von Staden
Justification
Widespread and not in danger of extinction.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Richtersveld to the Great Karoo around Sutherland.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo
Description
Rocky slopes.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Caputia tomentosa (Haw.) B.Nord. & PelserLeast Concern 2015.1
Senecio haworthii (Sweet) Sch.Bip.Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Senecio haworthii (Sweet) Sch.Bip.Lower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Senecio haworthii (Sweet) Sch.Bip.Insufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Senecio haworthii (Sweet) Sch.Bip.Uncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

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.


Nordenstam, B. and Pelser, P.B. 2012. Caputia, a new genus to accommodate four succulent South African Senecioneae (Compositae) species. Compositae Newsletter 50:56-69.


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.


Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.


Citation
Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2015. Caputia tomentosa (Haw.) B.Nord. & Pelser. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13

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