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Scientific Name | Anacampseros comptonii Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ANACAMPSEROTACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2009/11/25 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A habitat specialist occurring at three known locations where it is potentially threatened by illegal succulent collection and livestock trampling. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Southern Cederberg to the Bokkeveld Escarpment. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Moss pads on seasonally moist sandstone pavements. |
Threats |
| Threatened by succulent collectors. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Anacampseros comptonii Pillans | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Anacampseros comptonii Pillans | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2009. Anacampseros comptonii Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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