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Scientific Name | Hermannia hispidula Rchb.f. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MALVACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2005/07/06 |
Assessor(s) | D. Gwynne-Evans & L. Potter |
Justification | Fewer than five known locations are potentially threatened by livestock grazing and fruit cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piketberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Mountain slopes at the foot of sandstone ridges, in humus-rich pockets of sandy soil. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hermannia hispidula Rchb.f. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Hermannia hispidula Rchb.f. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Hermannia hispidula Rchb.f. | Indeterminate | 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 |
| Gwynne-Evans, D. & Potter, L. 2005. Hermannia hispidula Rchb.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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