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Scientific Name | Delosperma giffenii Lavis |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/21 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Delosperma giffenii is a poorly known species last collected in 1935. Due to taxonomic difficulties as well as a lack of recent collections, its risk of extinction cannot be assessed. It is listed as Data Deficient. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Eastern Cape, South Africa, where it occurs between Alice and King William's Town. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Bhisho Thornveld |
Description | Its habitat is unknown. It is not described in the literature nor on specimens. |
Threats |
| Due to a lack of recent field information, threats to Delosperma giffenii are unknown. Historical records do not have precise locality details nor is the habitat of this species described, which means that potential threats cannot be inferred. |
Population |
This species is known from only a few collections, and was last recorded in 1935. None of the collections have precise locality details. The size, extent and trend of the population are not known.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| The genus Delosperma is in need of taxonomic revision, and individual species are difficult to separate. The lack of collections for this species may be due to rarity, but it may also be overlooked due to taxonomic confusion. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Delosperma giffenii Lavis | DDD | 2020.1 | | Delosperma giffenii Lavis | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Lavis, M. 1967. Notes on the genus Delosperma (Mesembrieae). Journal of South African Botany 33(1):71-74.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Delosperma giffenii Lavis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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