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Scientific Name | Cussonia gamtoosensis Strey |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ARALIACEAE |
Common Names | Gamtoos Cabbage Tree (e), Gamtoos Cabbage-tree (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2004/09/06 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 420 km²). Not threatened due to the inaccessibility of its habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Gamtoos River Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld, Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, Albany Alluvial Vegetation, Vanstadens Forest Thicket, Sundays Valley Thicket, Elands Forest Thicket, Baviaans Valley Thicket |
Description | Dry, rocky slopes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cussonia gamtoosensis Strey | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cussonia gamtoosensis Strey | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Dold, A.P. 1996. Rare Plants of the Eastern Cape 6: The Gamtoos Cabbage Tree. The Naturalist 40(2):28-29.
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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2004. Cussonia gamtoosensis Strey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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