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Scientific Name | Salsola verdoorniae Toelken |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/11/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized habitat specialist (AOO <10 km²), potentially threatened by habitat loss and degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Western Little Karoo between Barrydale and Riversdale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Little Karoo Quartz Vygieveld |
Description | Quartz pebble outcrops in Apronveld. |
Threats |
| This species is not browsed by livestock, but is sensitive to trampling (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok 2010). One subpopulation is potentially vulnerable to road construction (N.A. Helme pers. obs.). |
Population |
Salsola verdoorniae is locally abundant in suitable habitat (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok 2010).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Salsola verdoorniae Toelken | VU D2 | 2017.1 | | Salsola verdoorniae Toelken | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bochantsev, V.P. 1974. A synopsis of Salsola (Chenopodiaceae) from South and South-west Africa. Kew Bulletin 29(3):597-561.
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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.
Tölken, H.R. 1973. A new species of Salsola. Journal of South African Botany 39(3):233-234.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Salsola verdoorniae Toelken. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/31 |
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