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Scientific Name | Chrysocoma hantamensis J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/10/10 |
Assessor(s) | P.A. Manyama |
Justification | Known from two locations. One subpopulation is potentially threatened by crop cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld and northern Roggeveld Escarpment. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld, Nieuwoudtville-Roggeveld Dolerite Renosterveld |
Description | Succulent Karoo, doleritic clays. |
Threats |
| One subpopulation is potentially threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| This species is very similar to another narrow endemic of the Bokkeveld Escarpment, Euryops mirus, and when not in flower, the two species can easily be confused (Manning and Goldblatt 2005). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Chrysocoma hantamensis J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2005. Two new species of Asteraceae from Northern and Western cape, South Africa, and a new synonym. Bothalia 35(1):55-61.
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.
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 |
| Manyama, P.A. 2007. Chrysocoma hantamensis J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/20 |
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