| Scientific Name | Tylecodon fragilis (R.A.Dyer) Toelken | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | CRASSULACEAE | Synonyms | Cotyledon fragilis R.A.Dyer |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Assessment Date | 2007/08/07 | Assessor(s) | P.G. Desmet, E.J. van Jaarsveld & D. Raimondo | Justification | EOO 150 km², known from three locations and declining as a result of coastal development and heavy mineral sand mining. |
Distribution | Endemism | South African endemic | Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape | Range | Strandfontein and Brand-se-baai. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Cape Seashore Vegetation, Namaqualand Seashore Vegetation | Description | Rock outcrops close to the seashore, usually in the shelter of other vegetation. |
Threats | | Threatened by ongoing habitat loss to coastal development and open-cast mineral mining of coastal sand dunes. |
Population | Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tylecodon fragilis (R.A.Dyer) Toelken | EN B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Tylecodon fragilis (R.A.Dyer) Toelken | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Tylecodon fragilis (R.A.Dyer) Toelken | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography | Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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. 1985. Crassulaceae. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 14,1:1-244. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation | | Desmet, P.G., van Jaarsveld, E.J. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Tylecodon fragilis (R.A.Dyer) Toelken. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/16 |
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