Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Trieenea occulta J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
SCROPHULARIACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2011/03/24
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden
Justification
A recently discovered species from the poorly explored arid margin of the Fynbos biome. It is currently known only from a single farm where it is not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Swartruggens.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos
Description
Wedged among rocks in shaded areas under overhangs or in shallow caves.
Threats
No threats.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Trieenea occulta J.C.Manning & GoldblattRare 2011.1
Bibliography

Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2010. Scrophulariaceae: Two new species of Limoselleae from western South Africa: Trieenia occulta and Zaluzianskya regalis. Bothalia 40(1):84-90.


Citation
von Staden, L. 2011. Trieenea occulta J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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