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Scientific Name | Berkheya chrysanthemoides J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2011/03/17 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A recently discovered species known from a single site protected within a nature reserve. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Nieuwoudtville, Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos, Vanrhynsdorp Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Stony, south-facing sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| No known threats. |
Population |
The population size is not known, but is suspected to be small, as abundance on herbarium collections is noted as local and occasional.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Berkheya chrysanthemoides J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | Critically Rare | 2011.1 | |
Bibliography |
Manning, J.C., Karis, P.O., Goldblatt, P. and Helme, N.A. 2010. Asteraceae: Berkheya chrysanthemoides and Heterorhachis hystrix, two new species of Arctotideae-Gorteriinae from the southwestern Cape. Bothalia 40(2):185-190.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Berkheya chrysanthemoides J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/18 |
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