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Scientific Name | Nanobubon capillaceum (Thunb.) Magee |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
Synonyms | Peucedanum capillaceum Thunb., Peucedanum capillaceum Thunb. var. capillaceum, Peucedanum capillaceum Thunb. var. rigidum Sond., Peucedanum ecklonis Walp., Peucedanum rigidum Eckl. & Zeyh., Peucedanum zeyheri Steud. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2021/02/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This is a widespread and common species. Although threatened in some areas by alien invasive plants, it is not in danger of extinction. Therefore, it is assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species has a wide distribution in the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa, from Houw Hoek to the Van Stadens Mountains west of Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | This species occurs on gentle to steep rocky or sandy, south- or east-facing sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| It is possibly threatened by alien invasive plants in some areas. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Peucedanum capillaceum Thunb. var. capillaceum | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Peucedanum capillaceum Thunb. var. rigidum Sond. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Magee, A.R., Tilney, P.M. and Van Wyk, B.E. 2008. A taxonomic revision of the genus Nanobubon (Apiaceae: Apioideae). South African Journal of Botany 74(4):713-719.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2021. Nanobubon capillaceum (Thunb.) Magee. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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