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Scientific Name | Arctotis dimorphocarpa R.J.McKenzie |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/19 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread across Namaqualand, the Roggeveld and the Great Karoo, and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Springbok to Kamieskroon and Loxton. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Sandy or sandy-loam soils on flats. |
Population |
This species has been rarely collected, but records are scattered over a wide area. It resembles the common and weedy Arctotheca calendula, and is likely to be overlooked and more common than records indicate (McKenzie et al. 2011).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Arctotis dimorphocarpa R.J.McKenzie | Least Concern | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
McKenzie, R.J., Herman, P.P.J., Korniyenko, O. and Barker, N.P. 2011. Revision of Arctotis sect. Anomalae (Asteraceae: Arctotideae), including the description of a new species from Northern Cape Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 77(1):45-54.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Arctotis dimorphocarpa R.J.McKenzie. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2024.1. Accessed on 2025/11/04 |
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