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Scientific Name | Anacampseros filamentosa (Haw.) Sims subsp. filamentosa |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ANACAMPSEROTACEAE |
Synonyms | Anacampseros lanigera Burch. |
Common Names | Boesmansuring (a), Haaskos (a), Hasieskos (a), Kleinhaaskos (a), Kleinhasieskos (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/07/07 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common subspecies that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | Widespread in the arid interior of South Africa between Beaufort West, Griqualand West and the western Free State. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nama Karoo, Savanna |
Description | Nama Karoo, grasslands and arid savanna and thornveld. |
Threats |
| Hilton-Taylor (1996) indicated that this taxon is declining due to agriculture. Agriculture may threaten some subpopulations in the southern parts of the range, but subpopulations over most of the range occur in vast untransformed arid areas where they are unlikely to be threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Anacampseros filamentosa (Haw.) Sims subsp. filamentosa | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Anacampseros filamentosa (Haw.) Sims subsp. filamentosa | Rare/Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Gerbaulet, M. 1992. Die Gattung Anacampseros L. (Portulacaceae). I. Untersuchungen zur Systematik. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 113(4):477-564.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Anacampseros filamentosa (Haw.) Sims subsp. filamentosa. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/03/27 |
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