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Scientific Name | Hermas quinquedentata L.f. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
Synonyms | Bupleurum quinquedentatum (L.f.) Thunb., Perfoliata quiquedentata (L.f) O.Kuntze |
Common Names | Spiny Tinder-leaf (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/20 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 5584 km²), but fairly common species occurring in montane areas where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Coastal mountains of the south-western Cape from Kogelberg to Potberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Moist, partially shaded places among rocks on mountain slopes above 400 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hermas quinquedentata L.f. | Least Concern | 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.
Magee, A.R., De Villiers, B.J., Van Wyk, B.-E. and Tilney, P.M. 2015. A revision of the South African genus Hermas (Apiaceae). Systematic Botany 40(1):352-265.
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. 2015. Hermas quinquedentata L.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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