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Scientific Name | Thesium carinatum A.DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SANTALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/11/30 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff & L. von Staden |
Justification | Thesium carinatum is widespread in montane areas with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 69 382 km². It is not threatened, and is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, however, its distribution is uncertain. Hill (1915) cites collections from the Cederberg to the Cape Peninsula and Kleinrivier Mountains, and eastwards as far as the Swartberg Pass and Outeniqua Mountains near George. Manning and Goldblatt (2012) has a much narrower distribution, including only the Cederberg and Groot Winterhoek Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, Matjiesfontein Quartzite Fynbos, Breede Quartzite Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Potberg Sandstone Fynbos, Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos, Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos, Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos, South Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos, Kouga Sandstone Fynbos, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos, Western Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos, Swartberg Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, North Hex Sandstone Fynbos, South Hex Sandstone Fynbos, North Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It occurs in sandstone fynbos in mountains. |
Threats |
| Threats to Thesium carinatum include habitat loss and invasive alien species. |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| The genus Thesium is in need of taxonomic revision. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Thesium carinatum A.DC. var. carinatum | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Thesium carinatum A.DC. var. pallidum A.W.Hill | Least Concern | 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.
Hill, A.W. 1915. Santalaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis V Section II (Thymeleaceae-Ceratophylleae):135-212. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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 |
| van der Colff, D. & von Staden, L. 2020. Thesium carinatum A.DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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