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Scientific Name | Drosanthemum dipageae H.E.K.Hartmann |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2016/10/06 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Drosanthemum dipageae is very poorly known, and its risk of extinction cannot be assessed. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket |
Description | Open grassy places in thicket. |
Threats |
| The distribution range of this species is not known, and therefore threats are difficult to infer. It is possibly threatened by habitat loss to urban and industrial expansion, overgrazing and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
The distribution range and abundance of this species is unknown. The description of this species (Rust et al. 2002) indicates that it occurs somewhere near Port Elizabeth, but no specific locality information is provided. There are no duplicates of the type specimen in South African herbaria, and to date no collections have yet been matched to this species. Population trends are not known.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Drosanthemum dipageae H.E.K.Hartmann | DDD | 2017.1 | | Drosanthemum dipageae H.E.K.Hartmann | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Rust, S., Bruckmann, C. and Hartmann, H.E.K. 2002. The flowers of Drosanthemum Schwantes (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae). Bradleya 20:121-147.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Drosanthemum dipageae H.E.K.Hartmann. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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