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Scientific Name | Gnidia spicata (L.f.) Gilg |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Synonyms | Arthrosolen spicatus C.A.Mey. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/05 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner |
Justification | EOO 8700 km², likely to be extinct at 10 out of 17 historical locations as a result of urban and agricultural development. Decline due to urban and coastal housing development, and alien plant invasion is ongoing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Malmesbury to Potberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Agulhas Sand Fynbos, Albertinia Sand Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, De Hoop Limestone Fynbos, Overberg Dune Strandveld, Potberg Sandstone Fynbos, Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Agulhas Limestone Fynbos |
Description | Coastal lowlands in marshy flats and dune slacks. |
Threats |
| Urbanisation, agriculture, alien plant invasions and coastal housing development are severe past and ongoing threat throughout the range of the species. |
Population |
Simonstown - extinct; Fish Hoek - extinct; Muizenberg - extinct; Zeekoevlei - extinct; Cape Town - extinct; Camphill Village (Malmesbury); Belleville - extinct; Durbanville - extinct; Blackheath - extinct; Cape Flats - extinct; Faure - severely threatened by aliens and agriculture; Elim; Mierkraal - extinct; Swartklip; Franskraal; Potberg.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| It is conserved in De Hoop Nature Reserve (Potberg). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gnidia spicata (L.f.) Gilg | VU B1ab(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 spicata (L.f.) Gilg. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/07 |
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