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Scientific Name | Dicrocaulon humile N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2016/11/15 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | A highly localized habitat specialist (EOO 118 km²), known from three locations and declining due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Knersvlakte. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld |
Description | Shallow soils with quartz pebbles. |
Threats |
| This species is threatened by ongoing habitat loss and degradation due to mining and prospecting. Parts of its habitat has already been mined for limestone, and there are currently new mining and prospecting applications across its very narrow range (N.A. Helme pers. comm.). |
Population |
This species is rare and localized, and known from only a few subpopulations. It is declining due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dicrocaulon humile N.E.Br. | EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | 2017.1 | | Dicrocaulon humile N.E.Br. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & von Staden, L. 2016. Dicrocaulon humile N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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