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Scientific Name | Anacampseros subnuda Poelln. subsp. lubbersii (Bleck) Gerbaulet |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ANACAMPSEROTACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2016/01/18 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & A. de Castro |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 1432 km²), known from seven location and declining due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation, as well as competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Witbank and Middelburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Rand Highveld Grassland |
Description | Grassland, on rhyolite boulders. |
Threats |
| A subpopulation on the urban edge of Witbank is threatened by habitat loss to urban expansion - a development that will destroy a part of the subpopulation has been approved (A. de Castro pers. comm. 2012). Other subpopulations are threatened by habitat degradation due to grazing and spreading of unmanaged alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Anacampseros subnuda Poelln. subsp. lubbersii (Bleck) Gerbaulet | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Anacampseros subnuda Poelln. subsp. lubbersii (Bleck) Gerbaulet | Insufficiently Known | 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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & de Castro, A. 2016. Anacampseros subnuda Poelln. subsp. lubbersii (Bleck) Gerbaulet. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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