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Scientific Name | Scaraboides manningii Magee & B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/15 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 623 km²), currently known from two disjunct subpopulations, but likely to be still under-collected. One subpopulation is protected within the Tanqua National Park. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Vanrhynsdorp and Tanqua Karoo southwest of Middelpos. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | Seasonally damp dolerite or clay soils. |
Population |
Scaraboides manningii is currently known from two disjunct subpopulations, separated by about 130 kilometres. A rare species, but possibly also overlooked as it occurs in a remote area that is botanically not well explored.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Scaraboides manningii Magee & B.-E.van Wyk | Least Concern | 2013.1 | | Scaraboides manningii Magee & B.-E.van Wyk | Least Concern | 2013.1 | |
Bibliography |
Magee, A.R., Van Wyk, B.E., Tilney, P.M. and Downie, S.R. 2009. Generic delimitations and relationships of the cape genera Capnophyllum, Dasispermum, and Sonderina, the north African genera Krubera and Stoibrax, and a new monotypic genus of the subfamily Apioideae (Apiaceae). Systematic Botany 34(3):580-594.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Scaraboides manningii Magee & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/01 |
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