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Scientific Name | Delosperma purpureum H.E.K.Hartmann |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2005/10/04 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & M.F. Pfab |
Justification | EOO 41 km², AOO 1-3 km², four known locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation as a result of urban expansion and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng |
Range | Witwatersrand. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Andesite Mountain Bushveld |
Description | South-facing slopes, in shallow soils among crystalline or conglomerate quartzitic rocks, in sun or in partial shade, rarely in shade, in grassland with some trees. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Delosperma purpureum H.E.K.Hartmann | EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Delosperma purpureum H.E.K.Hartmann | EN A3cde+4cde; B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v); C1 | Pfab and Victor (2002) | |
Bibliography |
Pfab, M.F. and Victor, J.E. 2002. Threatened plants of Gauteng, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 68:370-375.
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 |
| Victor, J.E. & Pfab, M.F. 2005. Delosperma purpureum H.E.K.Hartmann. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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