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Scientific Name | Cucumis rigidus E.Mey. ex Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CUCURBITACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/07/15 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Southern Namibia to the Richtersveld and Bushmanland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Tatasberg Mountain Succulent Shrubland, Northern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld, Aggeneys Gravel Vygieveld, Bushmanland Inselberg Shrubland, Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland, Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland, Western Gariep Hills Desert, Eastern Gariep Plains Desert, Northern Nababiepsberge Mountain Desert, Kahams Mountain Desert, Richtersveld Sheet Wash Desert, Noms Mountain Desert |
Description | Stony soil and sandy watercourses. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cucumis rigidus E.Mey. ex Sond. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Meeuse, A.D.J. 1962. The Cucurbitaceae of southern Africa. Bothalia 8(1):1-112.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Sonder, W. 1861. Cucurbitaceae. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis II (Leguminosae to Loranthaceae):482-498. Hodges, Smith and Co., Dublin.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Cucumis rigidus E.Mey. ex Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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