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Scientific Name | Codon schenckii Schinz |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Synonyms | Codon luteum Marloth & Engl. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/19 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Western Namibia and the Richtersveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Lekkersing Succulent Shrubland, Goariep Mountain Succulent Shrubland, Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland, Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld, Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland, Western Gariep Hills Desert, Northern Nababiepsberge Mountain Desert, Helskloof Canyon Desert, Kahams Mountain Desert, Namaqualand Riviere, Lower Gariep Alluvial Vegetation |
Description | Sandy watercourses and rocky slopes. |
Population |
Widespread and common across the desert areas of Namibia, but rare and restricted to the Richtersveld in South Africa.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Codon schenckii Schinz | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Codon schenckii Schinz. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/15 |
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