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Scientific Name | Psammotropha alternifolia Killick |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/10/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 9105 km²) and localized habitat specialist, but not threatened. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | This species occurs in KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho Drakensberg from Mont-aux-Sources to Naude's Nek. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland |
Description | Plants grow in sheltered places in rock crevices on the higher summits of the Drakensberg range. |
Threats |
| There are no severe threats to this species. Its habitat is well-protected. |
Population |
This species is a localized habitat specialist, but can be locally abundant in suitable habitat (Killick 1954). The population is not declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Psammotropha alternifolia Killick | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Adamson, R.S. 1959. The South African species of Aizoaceae. VIII. Psammotropha. Journal of South African Botany 25:51-67.
Killick, D.J.B. 1954. Newly described species: Phytolaccaceae. Bothalia 7:445-446.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Psammotropha alternifolia Killick. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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