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Scientific Name | Haworthia pubescens M.B.Bayer |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/09/20 |
Assessor(s) | J.H. Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO <10 km², AOO <1 km², known from one location where there is a continuing decline due to collecting, infrastructure development for agriculture and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Worcester. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Breede Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | Quartzitic hills or ridges. |
Threats |
| Threatened by succulent collectors, infrastructure development for agriculture and alien infestation. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Haworthia pubescens M.B.Bayer | CR B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | 2014.1 | | Haworthia pubescens M.B.Bayer var. pubescens | CR B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Haworthia pubescens M.B.Bayer var. pubescens | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Bayer, M.B. 1999. Haworthia Revisited: A revision of the genus. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
Bayer, M.B. and Manning, J.C. 2012 (Updated online 2013). The Haworthia nomenclator: A list of accepted species with some guidelines for infraspecific names. Haworthia Update 7(4):30-40.
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Vlok, J.H. & Raimondo, D. 2012. Haworthia pubescens M.B.Bayer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/17 |
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