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Scientific Name | Geigeria burkei Harv. subsp. burkei |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Common Names | Gifbossie (a), Knoppiesbossie (a), Knoppiesvermeerbos (a), Peloebotlhoko (tw), Vermeerbossie (a), Vermeersiektebossie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/11/15 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | Widespread across southern Africa, extending to northern South Africa and Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Serpentine, copper bearing, basalt and granite-derived soils in grassland or open woodland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Geigeria burkei Harv. subsp. burkei var. intermedia (S.Moore) Merxm. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Geigeria burkei Harv. subsp. burkei var. hirtella Merxm. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Geigeria burkei Harv. subsp. burkei var. zeyheri (Harv.) Merxm. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Geigeria burkei Harv. subsp. burkei var. elata Merxm. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Geigeria burkei Harv. subsp. burkei var. burkei | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Harvey, W.H. 1894. Compositae. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis III (Rubiaceae to Campanulaceae):44-530. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.
Merxmüller, H. 1953. Compositen - Studien III. Revision der Gattung Geigeria Griesselich. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 1(7):239-316.
Ortiz, S. 2005. An outline of the genus Geigeria (Asteraceae, Inuleae). Nordic Journal of Botany 23:315-332.
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.
Wild, H. 1980. The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area 12 - Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1):23-113.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Geigeria burkei Harv. subsp. burkei. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/03/27 |
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