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Scientific Name | Centella pottebergensis Adamson |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/22 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 50 km²) known from one location. Potentially threatened by alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Potberg in the Bredasdorp district. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Potberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Centella pottebergensis Adamson | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Centella pottebergensis Adamson | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Schubert, M.T.R. and van Wyk, B.E. 1997. A revision of Centella series Capenses (Apiaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 17(3):301-314.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Centella pottebergensis Adamson. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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