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Scientific Name | Centella caespitosa Adamson |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/30 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme |
Justification | Known from four locations. Two subpopulations that occur in the Hottentots Holland Mountains are potentially threatened by invasive alien plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Table Mountain and Hottentots Holland Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos |
Description | Upper sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| Scattered escaped exotic pine seedlings from nearby plantations are present in the area. If these are not managed, competition from alien plants could cause population decline in future. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Centella caespitosa Adamson | VU D2 | 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.
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. 2008. Centella caespitosa Adamson. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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