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Scientific Name | Mesembryanthemum knolfonteinense Klak |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Phyllobolus knolfonteinensis (Klak) Gerbaulet |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2012/01/26 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare, recently discovered species known from a single mountaintop where it is not threatened. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1. criteria as Least Concern but is nationally recognised as Critically Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in the Swartruggens Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow on shallow ground between sandstone outcrops. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phyllobolus knolfonteinensis (Klak) Gerbaulet | Critically Rare | 2015.1 | | Mesembryanthemum knolfonteinense Klak | Critically Rare | 2012.1 | |
Bibliography |
Gerbaulet, M. 2012. One or many genera in Mesembryantemoideae (Aizoaceae)? Discussion of conflict in genus perception. Bradleya 30:187-198.
Klak, C. 2010. Three new species and two new combinations in the Aizoaceae from the Western and Northern Cape of South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 76(2):299-307.
Klak, C. and Bruyns, P.V. 2013. A new infrageneric classification for Mesembryanthemum (Aizoaceae: Mesembryanthemoideae). Bothalia 43(2):197-206.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Mesembryanthemum knolfonteinense Klak. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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