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Scientific Name | Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis (L.f.) Koekemoer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis (L.f.) Koekemoer (invalidly published), Elytropappus cernuus (Thunb.) Fourc., Elytropappus rhinocerotis (L.f.) Less., Seriphium adpressum DC., Stoebe cernua Thunb., Stoebe cupressina Rchb., Stoebe rhinocerotis L.f. |
Common Names | Anosterbos (a), Anosterbossie (a), Renosterbos (a), Renosterbossie (a), Renosterbostoppe (a), Renosterbostoppies (a), Renostertoppe (a), Renostertoppies (a), Rhenosterbush (e), Rhinoceros Bush (e), Rhinocerosbush (e), Vlieëbos (a), Vlieëbossie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2006/01/19 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis is widespread, extremely common and not declining. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is found from southern Namibia to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards across the Western and Eastern Cape as far as East London. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | It grows in arid shale and sandstone slopes and flats. |
Population |
An extremely common species, often dominating fynbos communities, especially under disturbance.
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| POSA/PRECIS name = Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis (L.f.) Koekemoer (unpublished new combination). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis (L.f.) Koekemoer | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Koekemoer, M. 2002. Systematics of the Metalasia group in the Relhaniinae (Asteraceae-Gnaphalieae). Unpublished PhD, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg.
Koekemoer, M. 2019. Taxonomy and reclassification of South African Asteraceae genus Elytropappus (Gnaphalieae, Asteraceae), the description of two new genera and two new species. Phytotaxa 403(4):248-284.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Kamundi, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis (L.f.) Koekemoer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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