Doily Tinder-leaf

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Hermas ciliata L.f.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
APIACEAE
Synonyms
Bupleurum ciliatum (L.f.) Thunb., Hermas uitenhagensis Eckl. & Zeyh., Perfoliata ciliata (L.f.) O.Kuntze
Common Names
Doily Tinder-leaf (e), Tontelblaar (a), Tonteldoek (a), Tonteldoekblom (a)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2015/04/20
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden
Justification
A widespread species occurring in montane areas where it is not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Western Cape
Range
Piketberg to the Hottentots Holland Mountains, and eastwards to the Van Stadens Mountains west of Port Elizabeth.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
Moist, steep south-facing slopes.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Hermas ciliata 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.


Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.


Citation
von Staden, L. 2015. Hermas ciliata L.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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