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Scientific Name | Aptosimum marlothii (Engl.) Hiern |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Peliostomum marlothii Engl. |
Common Names | Koffieboontjiekaroo (a), Koffiekaroo (a), Koffiepitkaroo (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/10/05 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Aptosimum marlothii is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Free State, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs from Namibia and Botswana through Gordonia to Prieska and Murraysburg, South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Upper Karoo, Upper Gariep Alluvial Vegetation, Highveld Alluvial Vegetation, Southern Kalahari Mekgacha, Bushmanland Vloere, Xhariep Karroid Grassland, Besemkaree Koppies Shrubland, Lower Gariep Broken Veld, Blouputs Karroid Thornveld, Bushmanland Arid Grassland, Kalahari Karroid Shrubland, Bushmanland Basin Shrubland, Lower Gariep Alluvial Vegetation, Eastern Lower Karoo, Kuruman Thornveld, Upper Karoo Hardeveld, Northern Upper Karoo, Eastern Upper Karoo, Molopo Bushveld, Kathu Bushveld, Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, Postmasburg Thornveld, Gordonia Plains Shrubland, Kimberley Thornveld, Vaalbos Rocky Shrubland, Schmidtsdrif Thornveld, Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld, Gamka Karoo |
Description | It occurs on sandy or gravelly flats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aptosimum marlothii (Engl.) Hiern | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hiern, W.P. 1904. Scrophulariaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis IV Section II (Hydrophyllaceae to Pedalineae):121-420. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
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.
Weber, E. 1906. Die Gattungen Aptosimum Burch. und Peliostomum E.Mey. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 21(2):1-101.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Aptosimum marlothii (Engl.) Hiern. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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