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Scientific Name | Phymaspermum acerosum (DC.) Källersjö |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Athanasia acerosa (DC.) D.Dietr, Athanasia natalensis Schltr., Athanasia villosa Hilliard, Morysia acerosa DC., Pentzia pinnatifida Oliv. var. chenoleoides Hutch., Pentzia stenocephala Thell., Phymaspermum villosum (Hilliard) Källersjö |
Common Names | Geelblombos (a), Isibhaha-segceke (z), Umhlonishwa (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/01/26 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Port Elizabeth (Eastern Cape) to the Wolkberg (Limpopo Province). It also occurs in Lesotho and Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Grassland and forest margins, 60-2200 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phymaspermum acerosum (DC.) Källersjö | LC | 2017.1 | | Phymaspermum villosum (Hilliard) Källersjö | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Phymaspermum acerosum (DC.) Källersjö | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Phymaspermum villosum (Hilliard) Källersjö | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Phymaspermum villosum (Hilliard) Källersjö | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Phymaspermum villosum (Hilliard) Källersjö | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Pooley, E. 1998. A field guide to wild flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern region. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
Ruiters, A.K., Tilney, P.M., Van Wyk, B.E. and Magee, A.R. 2016. Taxonomy of the Genus Phymaspermum (Asteraceae, Anthemideae). Systematic Botany 41(2):430-456.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Phymaspermum acerosum (DC.) Källersjö. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/06 |
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