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Scientific Name | Anticharis scoparia (E.Mey. ex Benth.) Hiern ex Benth. & Hook.f. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Anticharis dielsiana Pilg., Peliostomum scoparium E.Mey. ex Benth. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted, but locally common species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Southern Namibia to the Richtersveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert, Savanna |
Description | Rocky places. |
Threats |
| A small proportion of the western part of this species' range in South Africa is affected by severe overgrazing, but its preference for rocky slopes and crevices is likely to offer it some protection against the effects of trampling and erosion. Subpopulations in the eastern, more remote parts of the Richtersveld are not threatened, and its habitat in Namibia is well-protected. |
Population |
This species has a limited distribution range in South Africa, but is fairly common in this area. It is also widespread and common across southern Namibia.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Anticharis scoparia (E.Mey. ex Benth.) Hiern ex Benth. & Hook.f. | 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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Steyn, H.M. 2011. SCROPHULARIACEAE: Anticharis juncea, an overlooked record for South Africa, with notes on its type localities and flower morphology. Bothalia 41(2):301-304.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Anticharis scoparia (E.Mey. ex Benth.) Hiern ex Benth. & Hook.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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