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Scientific Name | Prenia pallens (Aiton) N.E.Br. subsp. lutea L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/09/29 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 4624 km²), but fairly common subspecies. It has lost significant amounts of habitat to crop cultivation across its range, but is resilient to disturbance and not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Vredenburg Peninsula and Sandveld coast south of Elandsbaai. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Langebaan Dune Strandveld, Saldanha Limestone Strandveld, Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Saldanha Granite Strandveld, Lambert's Bay Strandveld, Hopefield Sand Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos |
Description | Coastal flats and dunes. |
Threats |
| More than 40% of this taxon's habitat has been lost to crop fields, and rapid loss is ongoing, particularly in the Sandveld. It is however resilient to disturbance, and able to recolonise old lands, and therefore population decline due to crop cultivation is not likely to be irreversible. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Prenia pallens (Aiton) N.E.Br. subsp. lutea L.Bolus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Gerbaulet, M. 1996. Revision of the genus Prenia N.E.Br. (Aizoaceae): A reassessment of generic boundaries. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 118:25-40.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Prenia pallens (Aiton) N.E.Br. subsp. lutea L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/08/16 |
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