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Scientific Name | Phyllopodium hispidulum (Thell.) Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Polycarena hispidula Thell. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/29 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 51 km², plants at three known locations are declining due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Klighardt Mountains in southern Namibia and the lower Gariep Valley around the Orange River Mouth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Northern Richtersveld Yellow Duneveld, Western Gariep Lowland Desert |
Description | Sandy soils on coastal and inland dunes. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss and degradation due to severe overgrazing and mining. |
Population |
This species is rare and localized in South Africa, where it is known from three locations within a small area on the coastal plain east of Alexander Bay, and is declining across its range due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation. In Namibia it is known from a single location, about 130 km north of the South African population. It possibly occurs in the area in between, which is a mining area with limited access, and is botanically poorly explored.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phyllopodium hispidulum (Thell.) Hilliard | EN B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) | 2015.1 | | Phyllopodium hispidulum (Thell.) Hilliard | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Phyllopodium hispidulum (Thell.) Hilliard | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. 1993. New names in Phyllopodium (Scrophulariaceae-Manuleae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 50(1):97.
Hilliard, O.M. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
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.
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. 2015. Phyllopodium hispidulum (Thell.) Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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