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Scientific Name | Mesogramma apiifolium DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Cineraria microglossa DC., Senecio apiifolius (DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex O.Hoffm., Senecio peculiaris Dinter, Senecio sisymbriifolius Dinter, not of DC. (1838) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/09 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | Widespread across the dry northern parts of South Africa, also occurring in Botswana, Namibia and Angola. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Highveld Alluvial Vegetation, Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland, Western Highveld Sandy Grassland, Upper Gariep Alluvial Vegetation, Central Sandy Bushveld, Kimberley Thornveld, Marikana Thornveld, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Bushmanland Arid Grassland, Zeerust Thornveld, Roodeberg Bushveld, Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld, Moot Plains Bushveld, Lower Gariep Broken Veld, Rand Highveld Grassland, Mafikeng Bushveld, Klerksdorp Thornveld, Stella Bushveld |
Description | Sandy flats, floodplains and seasonal riverbeds. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Mesogramma apiifolium DC. | Least Concern | 2015.1 | |
Bibliography |
Harvey, W.H. 1894. Compositae. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis III (Rubiaceae to Campanulaceae):44-530. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.
Nordenstam, B. and Pelser, P.B. 2005. Dauresia and Mesogramma: one new and one resurrected genus of the Asteraceae-Senecioneae from southern Africa. Compositae Newsletter 42:74-88.
Retief, E. and Herman, P.P.J. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6. National Botanical 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 |
| van der Colff, D. 2015. Mesogramma apiifolium DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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