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Scientific Name | Thesium minus (A.W.Hill) J.C.Manning & F.Forest |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SANTALACEAE |
Synonyms | Thesidium minus A.W.Hill |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/17 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A poorly known species that may be conspecific with Thesium fruticulosum. The genus Thesium is taxonomically problematic and in need of revision. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Houw Hoek to Elim and Riversdale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Unknown. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Thesium minus (A.W.Hill) J.C.Manning & F.Forest | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 2015.1 | |
Bibliography |
Forest, F. and Manning, J.C. 2013. SANTALACEAE: The minor genera Kunkeliella and Thesidium included in Thesium. Bothalia 43(2):214-216.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Thesium minus (A.W.Hill) J.C.Manning & F.Forest. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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