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Scientific Name | Kewa salsoloides (Burch.) Christenh. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | KEWACEAE |
Synonyms | Hypertelis salsoloides (Burch.) Adamson, Hypertelis verrucosa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Fenzl, Pharnaceum salsoloides Burch., Pharnaceum verrucosum Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Common Names | Blaassuring (a), Braksuring (a), Haassuring (a), Skaapsuring (a), Volstruisbrak (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/23 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Limpopo, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape |
Range | Widespread across the dry interior of southern Africa. In South Africa this species occurs in Namaqualand, the Little and Great Karoo, Bushmanland, Gordonia, and the Western Free State. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert, Nama Karoo, Savanna, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Dry calcareous and saline flats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Kewa salsoloides (Burch.) Christenh. | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Hypertelis salsoloides (Burch.) Adamson var. salsoloides | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Adamson, R.S. 1958. The South African species of Aizoaceae. IV. Mollugo, Pharnaceum, Coelanthum and Hypertelis. Journal of South African Botany 24:11-69.
Christenhusz, M.J., Brockington, S.F., Christin, P.-A. and Sage, R.F. 2014. On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae) segregated from Hypertelis, and placement of Macarthuria in Macarthuriaceae. Phytotaxa 181(4):238-242.
Goncalves, M.L. 1978. Molluginaceae. In: E. Launert (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 4:522-548. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Kewa salsoloides (Burch.) Christenh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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