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Scientific Name | Trichodiadema aureum L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2005/09/13 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, J.E. Victor & P.M. Burgoyne |
Justification | Three known locations are potentially threatened by urban expansion, crop cultivation and overgrazing and trampling by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Willowmore to Jeffrey's Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Steytlerville Karoo, Southern Karoo Riviere, Albany Alluvial Vegetation, Sundays Valley Thicket |
Description | Karroid vegetation, near alluvial soils. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Trichodiadema aureum L.Bolus | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Trichodiadema aureum L.Bolus | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Trichodiadema aureum L.Bolus | Indeterminate | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D., Victor, J.E. & Burgoyne, P.M. 2005. Trichodiadema aureum L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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