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Scientific Name | Thesium asperifolium A.W.Hill |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SANTALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2017/10/05 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Thesium asperifolium is a very poorly known species, last collected in 1936. It is possibly overlooked. Thesium is in need of taxonomic revision, and species are difficult to identify. This species is possibly not sufficiently distinct to warrant recognition as a separate taxon. It is therefore listed as Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic (DDT). |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found from George to Queenstown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Queenstown Thornveld, South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Its habitat is uncertain, it possibly occurs on sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| Threats to Thesium asperifolium are unknown. Locality descriptions on known records are too vague to infer possible threats. |
Population |
This species is known from only three collections, two from around George, and one from Queenstown. It was last recorded in 1936. Current status and trend of the population is not known.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Thesium asperifolium A.W.Hill | DDT | 2020.1 | | Thesium asperifolium 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.
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.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Thesium asperifolium A.W.Hill. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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