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Scientific Name | Hermannia micrantha Adamson |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MALVACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/16 |
Assessor(s) | D. Gwynne-Evans & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO<20 km², five subpopulations are known, but two are likely to be locally extinct due to urban expansion of Cape Town. The remaining subpopulations are protected in the Table Mountain National Park and further decline is unlikely. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Western Cape Peninsula between Camps Bay and Chapman's Peak. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Granite Fynbos |
Description | Dry southern and western slopes of Table Mountain, generally on lower slopes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hermannia micrantha Adamson | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Hermannia micrantha Adamson | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Hermannia micrantha Adamson. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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