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Scientific Name | Commiphora gariepensis Swanepoel |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BURSERACEAE |
Common Names | Gariep Corkwood (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/17 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare, range-restricted species, known from only a few records but occurring in a remote and botanically poorly explored area. It is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Gariep Valley along the border between South Africa and Namibia, from Goodhouse to Kakamas. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert |
Description | Base of rocky outcrops and rocky slopes of escarpments and river valleys. |
Population |
This species has a narrow range and is rare, occurring in widely scattered groups of only a few plants (Swanepoel 2006).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Commiphora gariepensis Swanepoel | Least Concern | 2015.1 | |
Bibliography |
Swanepoel, W. 2006. Two new species of Commiphora (Burseraceae) from southern Africa. Bothalia 36(1):45-56.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Commiphora gariepensis Swanepoel. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18 |
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