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Scientific Name | Ezosciadium capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
Synonyms | Trachysciadium capense Eckl. & Zeyh. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/02/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread but poorly known species. It is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | George to Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos |
Description | Shady places on sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| Two subpopulations known from historical records around Port Elizabeth are threatened by urban and industrial expansion, and possibly locally extinct. Surveys are needed to determine whether this species survives in this area. Two other collections are from mountainous areas further west, where it is unlikely to be threatened. |
Population |
E. capense is rarely collected and poorly known. Localities are scattered over a wide area, but this species is also possibly overlooked.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ezosciadium capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.L.Burtt | 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.
Magee, A.R., Van Wyk, B.E., Tilney, P.M. and Downie, S.R. 2008. Ezosciadium (Apiaceae): a taxonomic revision of yet another early diverging South African apioid genus. Plant Systematics and Evolution 276(3-4):167-175.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Ezosciadium capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/14 |
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