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Scientific Name | Antimima radicans (L.Bolus) Klak |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Mesembryanthemum pronum N.E.Br., Ruschia radicans L.Bolus |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/01 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, F. Cholo & L. von Staden |
Justification | A very poorly known species known from only a few widely scattered records. It is probably indistinct from Antimima watermeyeri, but more study is needed to confirm the taxonomy. Antimima radicans is possibly threatened by ongoing habitat loss to crop cultivation at least in the southern part of its range, but is currently too poorly known to determine its status. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Clanwilliam to Eendekuil, possibly northwards to Vanrhynsdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Unknown. |
Threats |
| This species is possibly threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation, however, the because its specific habitat is not known, it is difficult to infer whether crop cultivation is likely to have an impact on the population. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| Plants from the Vanrhynsdorp area are difficult to distinguish from Antimima watermeyeri, and more collections and study is needed to assess the taxonomic differences between A. radicans and A. watermeyeri (C. Klak pers. comm. 2010). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Antimima radicans (L.Bolus) Klak | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 2011.1 | | Ruschia radicans L.Bolus | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 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.
Klak, C. 2010. Three new species and two new combinations in the Aizoaceae from the Western and Northern Cape of South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 76(2):299-307.
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., Cholo, F. & von Staden, L. 2012. Antimima radicans (L.Bolus) Klak. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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