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Scientific Name | Cotula pterocarpa DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2016/01/22 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A very poorly known taxon, known from a single collection more than 100 years old. It is possibly extinct, but further study may also indicate that it is not a valid taxon, as the genus Cotula is in need of revision. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Flats. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Unknown, possibly sandy flats. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to urban expansion is likely to have caused the extinction of this species. |
Population |
There are no known collections of this species in South African herbaria. The type specimen was collected on the Cape Flats between Paarden Eiland, Bloubergstrand and Tygerberg (Harvey 1894), where it is now likely to be locally extinct due to habitat loss to urban expansion. It is possibly a doubtful species, as it is not included in recent treatments of the Cape Flora (Goldblatt and Manning 2000, Manning and Goldblatt 2012). The genus Cotula is in need of revision, and species are difficult to identify. Further research is needed.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cotula pterocarpa DC. | DDT | 2017.1 | | Cotula pterocarpa DC. | Threatened | 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.
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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Cotula pterocarpa DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/03/22 |
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