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Scientific Name | Endonema retzioides Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | PENAEACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/14 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | One known location is potentially threatened by alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains above Genadendal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rocky slopes near watercourses. |
Threats |
| Plants at the only known location is not currently threatened, but the southern slopes of the Riviersonderend Mountains are severely infested by unmanaged alien invasive pines which could potentially spread into this species' habitat. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Endonema retzioides Sond. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Endonema retzioides Sond. | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Endonema retzioides Sond. | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Endonema retzioides Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/03 |
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