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Scientific Name | Antimima paripetala (L.Bolus) Klak |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Antimima crassifolia (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann, Antimima hexamera (L.Bolus) Klak, Ruschia paripetala (L.Bolus) L.Bolus |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/09 |
Assessor(s) | P.M. Burgoyne & L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 6665 km²), known from only a few collections, but likely to be more common as it occurs in a remote and botanically poorly explored area. It is unlikely to be threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Northern Richtersveld to Hondeklipbaai in Namaqualand. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | Rocky hillslopes and quartzite sheets. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Antimima hexamera (L.Bolus) Klak | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Ruschia paripetala (L.Bolus) L.Bolus | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Antimima crassifolia (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ruschia paripetala (L.Bolus) L.Bolus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ruschia hexamera L.Bolus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Klak, C. 2011. Aizoaceae: New combinations in Antimima and Octopoma (Ruschioideae). Bothalia 41(2):292-294.
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 |
| Burgoyne, P.M. & von Staden, L. 2012. Antimima paripetala (L.Bolus) Klak. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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