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Scientific Name | Notobubon pearsonii (Adamson) Magee |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
Synonyms | Peucedanum pearsonii Adamson |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/29 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from five locations and likely to occur at a few more inaccessible locations within the Kamiesberg range. Potentially threatened by overgrazing by livestock and frequent fires. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Namaqualand, Kamiesberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Granite Renosterveld, Kamiesberg Granite Fynbos |
Description | Rocky granite slopes in mountain renosterveld, 1 000-1 300 m. |
Threats |
| A number of subpopulations occur in communal lands and are potentially threatened by habitat degradation as a result of livestock overgrazing and too frequent burning. |
Population |
A number of specimens note that plants are locally common.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Notobubon pearsonii (Adamson) Magee | VU D2 | 2011.1 | | Peucedanum pearsonii Admason | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Peucedanum pearsonii Adamson | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Burtt, B.L. 1991. Umbelliferae of southern Africa: an introduction and annotated check-list. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 48(2):133-282.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Magee, A.R., Van Wyk, B.E. and Tilney, P.M. 2009. A taxonomic revision fo the woody South African genus Notobubon (Apiaceae: Apioideae). Systematic Botany 34(1):220-242.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2012. Notobubon pearsonii (Adamson) Magee. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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