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Scientific Name | Wellstedia dinteri Pilg. subsp. dinteri |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BORAGINACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/02/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Southern Namibia to the Gariep Valley between Sendelingsdrif and Pella, Northern Cape, South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert, Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Shallow soil between stones on arid, gravelly hillocks. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Subspecies gracilior is endemic to Namibia. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Wellstedia dinteri Pilg. var. dinteri | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Retief, E. and Van Wyk, A.E. 2008. The genus Wellstedia (Boraginaceae: Wellstedioideae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 38(1):57-63.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Wellstedia dinteri Pilg. subsp. dinteri. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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