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Scientific Name | Eriospermum parvulum P.L.Perry |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RUSCACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/15 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & P.C.V. Van Wyk |
Justification | This species is known from one location (EOO and AOO <10 km²), where it continues to decline due to ongoing habitat degradation. It is therefore assessed as Critically Endangered under criterion B. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | It occurs in the Richtersveld, near Kubus. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Goariep Mountain Succulent Shrubland |
Description | Plants grow in coarse sand among granite rocks in Gariep Mountain Succulent Shrubland. |
Threats |
| The area where this species was last collected in the 1970s is near a well where livestock are brought in high numbers to drink. As a result the area is severely degraded due to overgrazing and trampling, and erosion of unstable granite-gravel slopes. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Eriospermum parvulum P.L.Perry | CR B1ab(iii,v) | 2015.1 | | Eriospermum parvulum P.L.Perry | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Eriospermum parvulum P.L.Perry | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Perry, P.L. 1994. A revision of the genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae) Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 17:1-320.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Van Wyk, P.C.V. 2015. Eriospermum parvulum P.L.Perry. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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