Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Delosperma algoense L.Bolus
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
AIZOACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic
Assessment Date
2007/02/14
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor & P.M. Burgoyne
Justification
Only known from a single specimen that was collected from Port Elizabeth and cultivated in Cape Town. Looks like a Corpuscularia.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Range
Port Elizabeth.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Threats
Possibly threatened by urbanization if it is from Port Elizabeth. This is not known, and unless it can be relocated the threats cannot be determined.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Delosperma algoense L.BolusData Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) 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.


Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.


Citation
Victor, J.E. & Burgoyne, P.M. 2007. Delosperma algoense L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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