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Scientific Name | Cleretum booysenii (L.Bolus) Klak |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Dorotheanthus booysenii L.Bolus |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2022/11/11 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & H. Mtshali |
Justification | A range-restricted species with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 239 km². It has no severe threats and is therefore not suspected to be in danger of extinction. It is listed as Rare nationally and qualifies under the IUCN 3.1. criteria as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Northern Cape Province, where it occurs near Sutherland on the Roggeveld Escarpment. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Roggeveld Shale Renosterveld |
Description | It grows in open areas in sandstone-shale transition soils. |
Threats |
| There are no known severe threats to this species. |
Population |
There are less than ten known subpopulations of this species within a small area. The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cleretum booysenii (L.Bolus) Klak | Rare | 2014.1 | | Dorotheanthus booysenii L.Bolus | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Dorotheanthus booysenii L.Bolus | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Dorotheanthus booysenii L.Bolus | Indeterminate | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Klak, C. and Bruyns, P.V. 2012. Phylogeny of the Dorotheantheae (Aizoaceae), a tribe of succulent annuals. Taxon 61(2):293-307.
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 |
| Victor, J.E. & Mtshali, H. 2022. Cleretum booysenii (L.Bolus) Klak. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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