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Scientific Name | Platycarphella carlinoides (Oliv. & Hiern) V.A.Funk & H.Rob. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Platycarpha carlinoides Oliv. & Hiern |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | It is widespread across central and eastern Namibia, extending to the Gordonia region in South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Southern Kalahari Mekgacha, Gordonia Duneveld |
Description | It occurs in a variety of habitats including salt pans, grassland, rocky flats and slopes, dry sandy, gravelly or clay soils along drainage lines and margins of seasonal dams. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Platycarpha carlinoides Oliv. & Hiern | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Funk, V.A. and Koekemoer, M. 2011. A monograph of the small tribe Platycarpheae (Compositae: Cichorioideae). Systematic Botany 36(1):191-208.
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. 2017. Platycarphella carlinoides (Oliv. & Hiern) V.A.Funk & H.Rob. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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