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Scientific Name | Thesium gracilentum N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SANTALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/04/12 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Fewer than five known locations are potentially threatened by expanding forestry plantations and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Woodbush and Lekgalameetse. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Woodbush Granite Grassland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld |
Description | Serpentine soils in northern escarpment bushveld. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Thesium gracilentum N.E.Br. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Thesium gracilentum N.E.Br. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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 |
| Raimondo, D. 2006. Thesium gracilentum N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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