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Scientific Name | Gnidia humilis Meisn. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/04 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner |
Justification | EOO<1780 km², known from seven severely fragmented subpopulations. Declining due to commercial forest plantations, coastal housing developments, construction of dams and roads, and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula to Babilonstoring and Onrus Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos |
Description | Damp sandstone slopes and bogs. |
Threats |
| All localities except for 2 Kogelberg records, are threatened: threats include
1.) Raising of a Dam wall (Kleinplaas Dam).
2.) Severe Acacia saligna infestations (Klawer Vlei).
3) past Dam and road building on Table Mountain Back Table.
4) Coastal housing development: past, present and future (Betty's bay, Hangklip, Kleinmond, Onrus).
5) Past and present Forestry Plantation threat (Houwhoek and Grietjiesgat). |
Population |
Table Mountain; Kleinplaas Dam (Red Hill Plateau); Klawer Vlei; Grietjiesgat; Betty's Bay; Kogelberg; Kleinmond; Botrivier junction; Houwhoek; Babilonstoring; Onrus Mountains.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| It is conserved in Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gnidia humilis Meisn. | EN B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 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.
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 |
| Turner, R.C. 2007. Gnidia humilis Meisn. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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