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Scientific Name | Drosanthemum uniondalense H.E.K.Hartmann |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/19 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A recently described, but poorly known species. It is likely to be threatened, but with currently available data, its risk of extinction cannot be assessed. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | George to Uniondale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kouga Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Shale renosterveld. |
Threats |
| This species is possibly threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation, timber plantations and competition from alien invasive plants, however, with precise locality information not known, the severity of these threats to the population cannot be assessed. |
Population |
Three collections are cited in the literature (Hartmann and Le Roux 2011), but no precise locality information is given and no collections from local herbaria have been listed. In the absence of locality information, the number of subpopulations, range size and threats to this species cannot be determined.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Drosanthemum uniondalense H.E.K.Hartmann | Data Deficient | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Hartmann, H.E.K. and Le Roux, A. 2011. Drosanthemum subgenus Speciosa (Aizoaceae): towards a revision of the plants with black staminodes. Bradleya 29:143-178.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Drosanthemum uniondalense H.E.K.Hartmann. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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