Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Mesembryanthemum flavidum Klak
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
AIZOACEAE
Synonyms
Aridaria congesta L.Bolus, Mesembryanthemum caducum Klak (later homonym), not of Aiton (1789), Mesembryanthemum congestum Salm-Dyck, Nycteranthus congestus (L.Bolus) Schwantes, Phyllobolus congestus (L.Bolus) Gerbaulet, Ruschia congesta (Salm-Dyck) L.Bolus, Sphalmanthus congestus (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic
Assessment Date
2008/03/14
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo, C. Klak & F. Cholo
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Ruschia congesta (Salm-Dyck) L.BolusData Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) Raimondo et al. (2009)
Phyllobolus congestus (L.Bolus) GerbauletVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Gerbaulet, M. 1997. Revision of the genus Phyllobolus N.E. Br. (Aizoaceae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 119(2):145-211.


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.


Citation
Raimondo, D., Klak, C. & Cholo, F. 2008. Mesembryanthemum flavidum Klak. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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