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Scientific Name | Cromidon varicalyx Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/12/02 |
Assessor(s) | P.A. Manyama & L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread (EOO 18945 km²), but rarely recorded species. It is likely to be overlooked, and is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld Escarpment, Roggeveld Escarpment, and Karoopoort. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Sandy, clay or stony flats and dolerite outcrops, 600-1600 m. |
Threats |
| This species has lost some habitat to cultivation of dolerite renosterveld on the Bokkeveld Escarpment in the past, but crop fields are not longer expanding. It is possibly threatened by overgrazing in parts of the Bokkeveld and Roggeveld Escarpment. |
Population |
A widespread, but rarely recorded species. It may be overlooked and possibly confused with the widespread and common C. corrigioloides, to which it is very similar (Hilliard 1990). Recent field observations in the Hantam National Botanical Garden indicate that subpopulations consist of several thousand individuals.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cromidon varicalyx Hilliard | 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.
Hilliard, O.M. 1990. A brief survey of Scrophulariaceae-Selagineae. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(3):315-343.
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 |
| Manyama, P.A. & von Staden, L. 2016. Cromidon varicalyx Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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