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Scientific Name | Pauridia breviscapa Snijman |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYPOXIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2016/08/26 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Pauridia breviscapa is a rare, localized habitat specialist, but it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Tanqua Karoo, Roggeveld Escarpment, Klein Roggeveld to Matjiesfontein. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Shaded or sheltered damp, shallow loamy soils on south-facing slopes and in seepages at the base of rocks. |
Threats |
| There are no severe threats to this species. Some parts of the Roggeveld and Tanqua Karoo are degraded due to overgrazing, but this is unlikely to have affected this species. |
Population |
Pauridia breviscapa occurs in small, localized subpopulations confined to suitable microhabitat. The population is not suspected to be declining, but its Area of Occupancy is small.
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Population trend | Stable |
Bibliography |
Snijman, D.A. 2014. A taxonomic revision of the genus Pauridia (Hypoxidaceae) in southern Africa. Phytotaxa 182(1):1-114.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Pauridia breviscapa Snijman. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/07/23 |
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