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Scientific Name | Monsonia crassicaulis (Rehm) F.Albers |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GERANIACEAE |
Synonyms | Sarcocaulon crassicaule Rehm |
Common Names | Boesmandoring (a), Boesmanskers (a), Candlebush (e), Grootkersbos (a), Noerap (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/14 |
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, Western Cape |
Range | Southern Namibia through Bushmanland and the western Great Karoo to the Tanqua Karoo and Little Karoo between Montagu and Oudtshoorn. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Koedoesberge-Moordenaars Karoo, Tanqua Escarpment Shrubland, Western Upper Karoo, Gamka Karoo, Tanqua Wash Riviere, Escarpment Valley Thicket |
Description | Rocky outcrops. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Monsonia crassicaulis (Rehm) F.Albers | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Sarcocaulon crassicaule Rehm | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Albers, F. 1996. The taxonomic status of Sarcocaulon (Geraniaceae). South African Journal of Botany 62(6):345-347.
Moffett, R.O. 1979. The genus Sarcocaulon. Bothalia 12(4):581-613.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Monsonia crassicaulis (Rehm) F.Albers. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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