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Scientific Name | Hermbstaedtia capitata Schinz |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2017/10/09 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Hermbstaedtia capitata is a very poorly known species, last recorded in 1955. It may be an aberrant form of the widespread and common H. odorata, but field studies are needed to confirm this. It is listed as Data Deficient. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | The distribution of this species is uncertain. The type was collected from the Waterberg in Limpopo Province, and this taxon may be endemic to a small area between Bela Bela and Mokopane in South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Central Sandy Bushveld |
Description | Its habitat is unknown, it is not described on specimens or in the literature. |
Threats |
| Hermbstaedtia capitata is too poorly known to infer threats. It could possibly be affected by habitat loss to crop cultivation and overgrazing, but its resilience to disturbance is not known. |
Population |
It appears to be an annual form of the widespread and common H. odorata (Meeuse 1961). There have been only a few collections, and no recent observations.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hermbstaedtia capitata Schinz | DDD | 2020.1 | | Hermbstaedtia capitata Schinz | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Hermbstaedtia capitata Schinz | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Meeuse, A.D.J. 1961. Notes on the genera Celosia L. and Hermbstaedtia Reichb. (Amaranthaceae) occuring in Southern Africa. Kirkia 2:144-171.
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.
Retief, E. and Herman, P.P.J. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Townsend, C.C. 1982. A new species of African Celosia and a new conspectus of Hermbstaedtia. Notes on Amaranthaceae: XIV. Kew Bulletin 37(1):82-90.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Hermbstaedtia capitata Schinz. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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