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Scientific Name | Schlechteranthus abruptus (A.Berger) R.F.Powell |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Mesembryanthemum abruptum A.Berger, Octopoma abruptum (A.Berger) N.E.Br., Octopoma rupigenum (L.Bolus) L.Bolus, Ruschia abrupta (A.Berger) G.D.Rowley, Ruschia rupicola L.Bolus, Ruschia rupigena L.Bolus |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2005/07/20 |
Assessor(s) | P.M. Burgoyne, D. Raimondo & F. Daniels |
Justification | The farm where this poorly known species was last collected in 1897 is extensively transformed for crop cultivation, and it is likely to be threatened. Based on currently available data, its risk of extinction cannot be assessed. It is listed as Data Deficient. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in Clanwilliam, Brandewyn River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in dry stony slopes, 500 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Octopoma abruptum (A.Berger) N.E.Br. | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Octopoma rupigenum (L.Bolus) L.Bolus | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Powell, R.F., Boatwright, J.S., Klak, C. and Magee, A.R. 2016. Phylogenetic placement and generic re-circumscriptions of the multilocular genera Arenifera, Octopoma and Schlechteranthus (Aizoaceae: Ruschieae): Evidence from anatomical, morphological and plastid DNA data. Taxon 65(2):249-261.
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 |
| Burgoyne, P.M., Raimondo, D. & Daniels, F. 2005. Schlechteranthus abruptus (A.Berger) R.F.Powell. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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