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Scientific Name | Thesium repandum A.W.Hill |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SANTALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/17 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner |
Justification | Last collected in 1946 at unspecified localities in an area that is now extensively transformed by urban expansion and agriculture. Not enough is known about the distribution range and habitat of this species to determine its status, but it is highly likely to be threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Malmesbury to Paarl. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Flats and lower slopes. |
Threats |
| Quite likely threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Thesium repandum A.W.Hill | Data Deficient | 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.
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 |
| Turner, R.C. 2007. Thesium repandum A.W.Hill. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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