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Scientific Name | Hermas gigantea L.f. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
Synonyms | Bupleurum giganteum (L.f.) Thunb., Buprestis gigantea (L.f.) Spreng., Perfoliata gigantea (L.f.) O.Kuntze |
Common Names | Red Tinder-leaf (e), Tontelblaar (a), Tontelblom (a), Tontelboom (a), Tontelbos (a), Tonteldoek (a), Tonteldoekblom (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/20 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread in montane areas where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cederberg to the Hottentots Holland Mountains, and eastwards to the Langeberg Mountains as far as Riversdale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Partially shaded rocky slopes or ledges above 600 m. |
Population |
This species occurs in small, occasional subpopulations, restricted to suitable habitat.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hermas gigantea 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 gigantea L.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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