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Scientific Name | Faucaria nemorosa L.Bolus ex L.E.Groen |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Faucaria nemorosa L.Bolus T Archibald 960 (BOL!) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/14 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold |
Justification | One known subpopulation occurs in a protected area on a game farm where it is not threatened. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1. criteria as Least Concern but is nationally recognised as Critically Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is found in Riebeek-East. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Suurberg Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow on quartzitic hillslopes with Portulacaria scrub, 300-900 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Faucaria nemorosa L.Bolus ex L.E.Groen | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dold, T. and Hammer, S. 2001. Notes on the Faucaria from the forest: Faucaria nemorosa L.Bolus ex L.E.Groen. Aloe 38(1-2):37-38.
Groen, L.E. and van der Maesen, L.T.G. 1999. Revision of the genus Faucaria (Ruschioideae: Aizoaceae) in South Africa. Bothalia 29(1):35-58.
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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2007. Faucaria nemorosa L.Bolus ex L.E.Groen. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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