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Scientific Name | Trianthema parvifolia E.Mey. ex Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Trianthema parvifolia E. Mey. ex Sond. var. annulata Adamson, Trianthema triquetra Willd. ex Spreng. subsp. parvifolia (Sond.) Jeffrey |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Trianthema parvifolia is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Widespread across the central arid areas of South Africa, from the Kalahari and Bushmanland to Prince Albert. It also extends northwards through Botswana to Namibia and Angola. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert, Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo |
Description | It occurs in open sandy, stony or gravelly soils, often in disturbed places, 500-1600 m. |
Threats |
| There are no known significant past, ongoing or future threats that are likely to lead to this taxon's extinction. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Trianthema parvifolia E.Mey. ex Sond. | LC | 2020.1 | | Trianthema parvifolia E.Mey. ex Sond. var. parvifolia | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hartmann, H.E.K., Meve, U. and Liede-Schumann, S. 2011. Towards a revision of Trianthema, the Cinderella of Aizoaceae. Plant Ecology and Evolution 144(2):177-213.
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. Trianthema parvifolia E.Mey. ex Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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