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Scientific Name | Centella ternata M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/07/22 |
Assessor(s) | F. Daniels & N.A. Helme |
Justification | Known from the type collection made by Elsie Esterhuysen on the Wolfberg in 1962. Likely to be in a few other sites in the Cederberg. Not threatened due to inaccessibility of its habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cederberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rock crevices at high altitudes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Centella ternata M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Centella ternata M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk | 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. 1. Corrections and additions. Bothalia 26(2):177-182.
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. 1995. Two new species of Centella L. with notes on the infrageneric taxonomy. Nordic Journal of Botany 15:167-171.
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 |
| Daniels, F. & Helme, N.A. 2006. Centella ternata M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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