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Scientific Name | Notobubon pungens (Sond.) Magee |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
Synonyms | Peucedanum pungens E.Mey. ex Sond. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered A2c; B1ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/29 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from the western Overberg in the upper parts of the Bot River valley (EOO 441 km²) recorded from six small, severely fragmented subpopulations. This long-lived resprouter (generation length 50 years) has lost over 50% of its habitat to wheat cultivation in the past 70 years. Decline in habitat quality and number of mature individuals due to overgrazing by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Bot River to Greyton. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Greyton Shale Fynbos |
Description | Low altitude shale slopes in renosterveld. |
Threats |
| Agriculture is a severe past and moderate ongoing threat. At least 50% of available habitat has been lost to wheat cultivation over the past 70 years and grazing is an ongoing moderate threat. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Peucedanum pungens E.Mey. ex Sond. | EN A2c; B1ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Burtt, B.L. 1991. Umbelliferae of southern Africa: an introduction and annotated check-list. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 48(2):133-282.
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 pungens (Sond.) Magee. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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