Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Corymbium theileri Markötter
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ASTERACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Rare
Assessment Date
2007/05/04
Assessor(s)
N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo
Justification
Known from one site, occurs in rocky areas not suitable for ploughing and is thus not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Piketberg.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Rocky sandstone slopes.
Threats
Although natural vegetation on the Piketberg has been largely transformed for agriculture, the rocky habitat of this species is unsuitable for ploughing and it is unlikely to be threatened.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Corymbium theileri MarkötterCritically Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Corymbium theileri MarkötterIndeterminate Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Corymbium theileri MarkötterIndeterminate 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.


Weitz, F.M. 1989. A revision of the genus Corymbium (Asteraceae). South African Journal of Botany 55:598-629.


Citation
Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Corymbium theileri Markötter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/11

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