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Scientific Name | Pharnaceum rubens Adamson |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/11 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A poorly known species, recorded from the type collection by Acocks in 1934 in the Cederberg, and from a recent collection by N. Helme in the Suid-Bokkeveld. This species appears to be a naturally rare habitat specialist. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Suid-Bokkeveld to Central Cedarberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rocky sandstone slopes at the base of rock ledges. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pharnaceum rubens Adamson | 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.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2011. Pharnaceum rubens Adamson. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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