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Scientific Name | Drosanthemum speciosum (Haw.) Schwantes |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Drosanthemum pickhardii L.Bolus, Drosanthemum splendens L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum speciosum Haw. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/20 |
Assessor(s) | C. Klak, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Worcester to Heidelberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Succulent karoo, shale renosterveld, and renosterveld-fynbos transitions on lower slopes. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to crop cultivation and urban expansion is causing localized population decline in parts of this species' range. |
Population |
In spite of some habitat loss, this species is still very common and often dominant in arid renosterveld and Robertson Karoo.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Drosanthemum speciosum (Haw.) Schwantes | Least Concern | 2014.1 | | Drosanthemum speciosum (Haw.) Schwantes | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Drosanthemum pickhardii L.Bolus | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Drosanthemum splendens L.Bolus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Hartmann, H.E.K. and Le Roux, A. 2011. Drosanthemum subgenus Speciosa (Aizoaceae): towards a revision of the plants with black staminodes. Bradleya 29:143-178.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Klak, C., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2014. Drosanthemum speciosum (Haw.) Schwantes. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/11 |
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