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Scientific Name | Hymenogyne glabra (Aiton) Haw. subsp. glabra |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Hymenogyne stephensiae N.E.Br., Mesembryanthemum glabrum Aiton |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/11/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread (EOO 10 290 km²) and still fairly common taxon, in spite of extensive habitat loss and degradation. It is declining in the southern part of its range, but is not yet in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Olifants River Valley and Sandveld to the Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Deep sandy soils. |
Threats |
| This taxon has declined on the Cape Peninsula and Cape Flats due to habitat loss to urban expansion, but recent records indicate that it still occurs around Milnerton and Bloubergstrand. Around Malmesbury and Darling it is threatened by dense infestations of alien invasive plants. Deep sandy soils in the Sandveld are being rapidly ploughed up for the cultivation of potatoes and rooibos tea. This taxon is an annual, and is suspected to be resilient to disturbance, and likely to be able to recolonise previously disturbed habitats. Therefore only complete habitat loss to urban expansion is likely to cause ongoing population decline. |
Population |
This taxon is locally common in sandy soils, particularly in the Sandveld. The population is declining in the southern parts of its range due to ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion, but this affects only a small proportion of the population.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hymenogyne glabra (Aiton) Haw. subsp. glabra | LC | 2017.1 | |
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.
Klak, C., Haná?ek, P. and Bruyns, P.V. 2015. A phylogeny and revised classification for the Apatesieae (Aizoaceae: Ruschioideae) with a comparison of centres of diversity. Taxon 64(3):507-522.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Hymenogyne glabra (Aiton) Haw. subsp. glabra. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/08/27 |
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