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Scientific Name | Silene burchellii Otth subsp. pilosellifolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Synonyms | Silene burchellii Otth var. angustifolia Sond., Silene burchellii Otth var. cernua Rohrb. (superfluous name), Silene burchellii Otth var. macrorrhiza R.E.Fr., Silene burchellii Otth var. pilosellifolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) Sond., Silene cernua Bartl. (later homonym), not of Thunb. (1794), Silene cernua Thunb. var denudata Fenzl., Silene dinteri Engl., Silene pilosellifolia Cham. & Schltdl. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/09 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Namibia to western South Africa, southwards as far as the Cape Peninsula, and eastwards along the inland mountain ranges and Drakensberg Escarpment through Lesotho, the Free State and western KwaZulu-Natal to the Blouberg Mountain in northern Limpopo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Upper Karoo Hardeveld, Karoo Escarpment Grassland, Amathole Mistbelt Grassland, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Roggeveld Shale Renosterveld, Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld, Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Ruens Silcrete Renosterveld, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld |
Description | Open shrubby or grassy areas among rocks. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Silene burchellii Otth subsp. pilosellifolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | Least Concern | 2014.1 | | Silene pilosellifolia Cham. & Schltdl. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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. A taxonomic revision of the southern African native and naturalized species of Silene L. (Caryophyllaceae). Bothalia 42(2):147-186.
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. 2014. Silene burchellii Otth subsp. pilosellifolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/08 |
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