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Scientific Name | Phyllopodium capillare (L.f.) Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Manulea capillaris L.f., Polycarena capillaris (L.f.) Benth., Polycarena parvula Schltr. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/19 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO<5400 km², recorded from 12 locations but extinct at many of these. Threatened by ongoing habitat loss to coastal development, agriculture and alien plant invasion. This is an annual species that is likely to be under-collected, we therefore suspect that there are 15-20 locations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Lambert's Bay to Albertinia, including the Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandy or stony places below 120 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phyllopodium capillare (L.f.) Hilliard | NT B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Phyllopodium capillare (L.f.) Hilliard | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Polycarena parvula Schltr. | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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. 2007. Phyllopodium capillare (L.f.) Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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