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Scientific Name | Othonna cacalioides L.f. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Othonna minima DC., Othonna pillansii Hutch. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2005/11/02 |
Assessor(s) | E.J. van Jaarsveld, N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Restricted to a specific habitat (AOO<20 km²). Potentially threatened by collection and trampling by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld Escarpment to Gifberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Shallow rock pans with a thin layer of coarse sand in quartzite pavement rocks of the Table Mountain Sandstone formation. |
Threats |
| Harvesting [gathering], Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Othonna cacalioides L.f. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Othonna cacalioides L.f. | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Othonna cacalioides L.f. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Othonna minima DC. | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | | Othonna cacalioides L.f. | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| van Jaarsveld, E.J., Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2005. Othonna cacalioides L.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/03 |
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