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Scientific Name | Salsola glabrescens Burtt Davy |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
Common Names | Brakbos (a), Brakbossie (a), Brakganna (a), Gewoneganna (a), Grootganna (a), Kortbeenganna (a), Regterooiganna (a), Rivierganna (a), Rooibeenganna (a), Rooilootrivierganna (a), Rroibeenrivierganna (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Free State, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | It is known from Griqualand West to Bloemhof and the southern Free State. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nama Karoo, Savanna |
Description | Plants grow in salt pans and brak soils on alluvial floodplains in karroid shrubland. |
Threats |
| Plants are heavily browsed by livestock (Burtt Davy 1926). |
Population |
Plants of this species are gregarious, forming dense colonies in suitable habitat (Burtt Davy 1926).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Salsola glabrescens Burtt Davy | Least Concern | 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.
Burtt Davy, J. 1926. A manual of the flowering plants and ferns of the Transvaal with Swaziland, South Africa. Part I. Pteridophyta to Bombacaceae. Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., London.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Salsola glabrescens Burtt Davy. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/24 |
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