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Scientific Name | Othonna wrinkleana Lavranos |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2016/06/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare, localized habitat specialist known from four locations and potentially threatened by habitat loss and degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Knersvlakte. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld, Southern Namaqualand Quartzite Klipkoppe Shrubland |
Description | Quartz patches. |
Threats |
| This species is potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining - there has been recent mining applications within the southern part of its range. It is also potentially threatened by habitat degradation and trampling in areas where there is overstocking of small livestock. |
Population |
This species is uncommon and localized to quartz patches.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Othonna wrinkleana Lavranos | VU D2 | 2017.1 | |
Bibliography |
Lavranos, J.J. 2000. A new species of Othonna (Compositae) from southern Namaqualand (South Africa). Piante Grasse 20(1):34-37.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Othonna wrinkleana Lavranos. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/25 |
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