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Scientific Name | Cotula bipinnata Thunb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Cotula oxyodonta DC., Cotula oxyodonta DC. var. major DC. |
Common Names | Kleinknoppies (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2013/09/16 |
Assessor(s) | R.F. Powell & L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species. Although it is declining due to ongoing habitat loss in the southern part of its range, it is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Namaqualand and Bokkeveld Escarpment to Malmesbury and Wellington. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Margins of seasonal pools and streams. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations on lowlands in the southern part of this species' range are threatened by habitat loss and degradation as a result of agricultural and urban expansion. Very little suitable habitat remains, and loss continues. Northern subpopulations are not threatened. |
Population |
This species is becoming rare on the Western Cape lowlands in the southern part of its range due to ongoing habitat loss, but further north it is still very common.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cotula bipinnata Thunb. | Least Concern | 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.
Powell, R.F., Boatwright, J.S. and Magee, A.R. 2014. A taxonomic revision of the Cotula coronopifolia group (Asteraceae) and implications for the conservation statuses of the species. South African Journal of Botany 93:105-117.
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 |
| Powell, R.F. & von Staden, L. 2013. Cotula bipinnata Thunb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/20 |
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