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Scientific Name | Psammotropha diffusa Adamson |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/27 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | One known location is potentially threatened by too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cederberg, Sneeuberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Shale bands at 1400 m. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by too frequent fire: the Sneeuberg has burnt twice within 15 years. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Psammotropha diffusa Adamson | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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. & Turner, R.C. 2007. Psammotropha diffusa Adamson. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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