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Scientific Name | Zyrphelis ciliaris (DC.) Zinnecker-Wiegand subsp. hirsuta (Less.) Zinnecker-Wiegand |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Gymnostephium hirsutum Less. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/09 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from two collections and confined to a restricted habitat. Only 10 plants were counted in 2006. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Damp sandstone slopes in broad gullies, 1300 m. |
Threats |
| Alien invasive pines are present in the area, and could potentially spread into this species' habitat if not managed. |
Population |
Previously, this species was only known from the type specimen, collected in the mountains near Genadendal in 1828. A small population of less than 10 plants was found in 2006.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gymnostephium hirsutum Less. | CR D | 2012.1 | | Gymnostephium hirsutum Less. | CR D | 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.
Ortiz, S. and Zinnecker-Wiegand, U. 2011. Valid publication of names in Astereae originally proposed in 1990 in a University of Munich dissertation. Taxon 60(4):1194-1198.
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.
Zinnecker-Wiegand, U. 1990. Revision der Südafrikanischen Astereengattungen Mairia und Zyrphelis. Unpublished PhD, Ludwig Maximillians Universität, München.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2012. Zyrphelis ciliaris (DC.) Zinnecker-Wiegand subsp. hirsuta (Less.) Zinnecker-Wiegand. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/11 |
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