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Scientific Name | Gymnosporia gariepensis Jordaan |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CELASTRACEAE |
Common Names | Gariep Spike-thorn (e), Gariep-pendoring (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/07/31 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali |
Justification | A localized species (EOO 976 km²), known from less than 10 locations but likely to be more common as it occurs in a remote and botanically poorly explored area. It is not threatened and the population is stable. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Richtersveld and southern Namibia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Tatasberg Mountain Succulent Shrubland, Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland, Kahams Mountain Desert, Richtersberg Mountain Desert, Noms Mountain Desert |
Description | Wedged in cracks among large rocks on dry mountain slopes. |
Threats |
| Livestock is allowed in the Richtersveld National Park and overgrazing is causing serious damage to natural vegetation (Jordaan and Van Wyk 2005), but due to its growth form and habitat, rocky slopes, and its unpalability it is unlikely to be affected grazing. It is however potentially threatened by habitat degradation due to trampling and erosion, but field observations indicate that most subpopulations are stable at present. |
Population |
A very localized and newly described species endemic to the Richtersveld that is known only from few collections, but could possibly be more common than the records indicate, as much of its range is in very remote areas, and remains botanically poorly explored.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gymnosporia gariepensis Jordaan | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Jordaan, M. and Van Wyk, A.E. 2005. A new species of Gymnosporia (Celastraceae) from southern Africa. Novon 15(2):301-304.
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.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. 2014. Gymnosporia gariepensis Jordaan. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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