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Scientific Name | Thesium gracilarioides A.W.Hill |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SANTALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2023/02/24 |
Assessor(s) | N. Lombard |
Justification | This species is abundant and widespread with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 38 387 km². Although loss of habitat has occurred in parts of its range, many subpopulations in mountainous areas are protected. It does not qualify for any of the five criteria indicating high risk of extinction and is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | It occurs in mountainous areas around Barberton in Mpumalanga and the Waterberg and Soutpansberg in Limpopo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Plants grow in mountainous areas, typically in rocky areas in open grasslands and on steep slopes. |
Threats |
| Human settlement and crop development practices have resulted in the loss of suitable habitat for this species in some areas. Several subpopulations occur in mountainous areas less likely to be developed and utilised, as well as in protected areas. |
Population |
The population trend if this species is unknown.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Thesium gracilarioides A.W.Hill | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Hill, A.W. 1915. The Genus Thesium in South Africa, with a key and descriptions of new species. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) 1915(1):1-43.
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 gracilarioides A.W.Hill. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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