Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Thesium subsimile N.E.Br.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
SANTALACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Insufficient Information
Assessment Date
2005/11/08
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor & M. Lötter
Justification
The type specimen was until recently the only record. It was collected in 2001 near Dullstroom, Mpumalanga, but the full extent of the range and habitat of this species remains poorly known.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Mpumalanga
Range
Dullstroom.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Grassland
Description
Inundated grassland, 1600-200 m.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Thesium subsimile N.E.Br.Data Deficient Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Burtt Davy, J. 1932. A manual of the flowering plants and ferns of the Transvaal with Swaziland, South Africa. Part II. Malvaceae-Umbelliferae. Longmans, Green & Co., London.


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.


Citation
Victor, J.E. & Lötter, M. 2005. Thesium subsimile N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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