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Scientific Name | Pharnaceum microphyllum L.f. var. microphyllum |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/05/09 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, and although declining in some areas, it is not yet in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Cape West Coast from Namaqualand to Saldanha Bay, with scattered records further inland to the Cederberg and Piketberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandy coastal flats, dunes and limestone, as well as sandstone fynbos at inland localities. |
Threats |
| Threatened in some areas by habitat loss to open cast mining of coastal dunes as well as coastal development (particularly on the Vredenburg Peninsula), but overall habitat transformation is still very low. |
Population |
Known from only a few collections, but very likely to be overlooked as Pharnaceum species are very inconspicuous, and more common than records indicate.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pharnaceum microphyllum L.f. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Adamson, R.S. 1958. The South African species of Aizoaceae. IV. Mollugo, Pharnaceum, Coelanthum and Hypertelis. Journal of South African Botany 24:11-69.
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. 2012. Pharnaceum microphyllum L.f. var. microphyllum. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/02 |
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