Salsola pillansii

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Salsola pillansii Botsch.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
AMARANTHACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic
Assessment Date
2017/08/24
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden
Justification
Salsola is in need of taxonomic revision. Species are poorly defined and difficult to separate. Based on currently available data, the risk of extinction of this species cannot be assessed.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Unknown, the type was collected in the Richtersveld. It possibly also occurs in Namibia.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Succulent Karoo
Description
Unknown.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Bibliography

Bochantsev, V.P. 1974. A synopsis of Salsola (Chenopodiaceae) from South and South-west Africa. Kew Bulletin 29(3):597-561.


Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Citation
von Staden, L. 2017. Salsola pillansii Botsch. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/08

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