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Scientific Name | Annesorhiza radiata Magee |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/09 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO <30 km², an estimated fewer than five locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Worcester. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Robertson Karoo |
Description | Tillite derived clay soils on lower slopes and flats. |
Threats |
| This species is currently known from a single subpopulation within a protected area, however, it quite possibly has a wider distribution within lowland Robertson Karoo around the town of Worcester, where it is threatened by ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Protected within the Karoo National Botanical Garden. |
Notes |
| This species flowers late (March to April) and is likely to be overlooked in surveys. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Annesorhiza radiata Magee | EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | 2013.1 | |
Bibliography |
Magee, A.R., Van Wyk, B.E., Tilney, P.M. and Vessio, N. 2011. A taxonomic revision of the Annesorhiza triternata group (Apiaceae, Apioideae): the transfer of Peucedanum triternatum and P. filicaule and the description of five new species. Systematic Botany 36(2):508-519.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Annesorhiza radiata Magee. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/11 |
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