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Scientific Name | Hermas intermedia C.Norman |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
Common Names | Large-leaved Tinder-leaf (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/11/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & N.A. Helme |
Justification | Hermas intermedia is a widespread, but very rare and localized habitat specialist, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 6409 km². It occurs in montane areas where it is not threatened, and is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found from Cederberg to Piketberg and southwards to the Hottentots Holland Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, South Hex Sandstone Fynbos, North Hex Sandstone Fynbos, Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos, Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Western Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It occurs in rock crevices on shaded or semi-shaded ledges above 800 m. |
Threats |
| There are no threats to Hermas intermedia. |
Population |
It is a rare and localized habitat specialist, occurring in small, isolated subpopulations in suitable habitat. The largest subpopulation recorded numbers no more than 200 mature individuals.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hermas intermedia C.Norman | 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.
Van Wyk, B.E., Tilney, P.M. and Magee, A.R. 2013. African Apiaceae: A synopsis of the Apiaceae/Umbelliferae of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Briza Academic Books, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Helme, N.A. 2020. Hermas intermedia C.Norman. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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