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Scientific Name | Hermannia cordifolia Harv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MALVACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/16 |
Assessor(s) | D. Gwynne-Evans & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Only two collections are known, and this species was last seen before 1940. Its specific habitat and locations are not known. One collection was made at an unspecified locality near Kapteinskloof, an area where significant amounts of habitat has been converted to fruit orchards this species may be very threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piketberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Unknown. |
Threats |
| Possibly threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hermannia cordifolia Harv. | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Hermannia cordifolia Harv. | 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.
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. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Hermannia cordifolia Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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