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Scientific Name | Cotyledon pendens Van Jaarsv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CRASSULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2016/02/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized habitat specialist, but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Mbashe River near Tsolorha. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Valley Bushveld |
Description | South-facing rock ledges on cliff faces above river gorges. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat is inaccessible and it is not threatened. |
Population |
This species is locally abundant in suitable habitat, occurring in dense, drooping mats on rock ledges (Van Jaarsveld and Koutnik 2004).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cotyledon pendens Van Jaarsv. | Rare | 2017.1 | | Cotyledon pendens Van Jaarsv. | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. and Koutnik, D. 2004. Cotyledon and Tylecodon. Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Cotyledon pendens Van Jaarsv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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