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Scientific Name | Chamarea esterhuyseniae B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/15 |
Assessor(s) | P.J.D. Winter, N.A. Helme & J.E. Victor |
Justification | This species is known from only one collection from the top of Waaihoek Peak. It is not threatened. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1. criteria as Least Concern but is nationally recognised as Critically Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is found in Waaihoek Mountains in the Worcester district. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Hex Sandstone Fynbos, Western Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It occurs in ledges and steep rocky slopes at high altitude, 1500-1800 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Chamarea esterhuyseniae B.L.Burtt | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Burtt, B.L. 1991. Umbelliferae of southern Africa: an introduction and annotated check-list. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 48(2):133-282.
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.
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 |
| Winter, P.J.D., Helme, N.A. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Chamarea esterhuyseniae B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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