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Scientific Name | Thesium goetzeanum Engl. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SANTALACEAE |
Synonyms | Thesium coriarium A.W.Hill, Thesium deceptum N.E.Br., Thesium macrogyne A.W.Hill, Thesium nigrum A.W.Hill, Thesium orientale A.W.Hill, Thesium rogersii A.W.Hill |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2023/02/23 |
Assessor(s) | N. Lombard |
Justification | Thesium goetzeanum is abundant and widespread with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 340 650 km². Despite habitat loss in parts of its range, it still does not meet the criteria for any of the threat categories and is therefore classified as Least Concern (LC). |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | This species is widespread throughout South Africa. It ranges from the Limpopo and North West provinces south-eastwards through Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Free State to KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Plants grow mainly in rocky or stony grassland but is also recorded in grassy savanna. |
Threats |
| This taxon is threatened by habitat loss in several parts of its range due to urban and crop developments but remains common and widespread. |
Population |
The population trend of this species is unknown.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Thesium rogersii A.W.Hill | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Thesium nigrum A.W.Hill | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Thesium goetzeanum Engl. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Thesium coriarium A.W.Hill | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Thesium orientale A.W.Hill | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Thesium deceptum N.E.Br. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Thesium macrogyne A.W.Hill | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Visser, N., le Roux, M.M. and van Wyk, B.-E. 2018. A taxonomic revision of the Thesium goetzeanum species complex (Santalaceae) from Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland. South African Journal of Botany 119 45-62.
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Citation |
| Lombard, N. 2023. Thesium goetzeanum Engl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/18 |
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