Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Centella pilosa 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)
N.A. Helme
Justification
This species is known from one collection site it falls within a provincial conservation area and is well managed. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
It occurs in Kogelberg.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Plants grow in gentle lower sandstone slopes.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Centella pilosa M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van WykRare 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. 1998. Three new species of Centella. Nordic Journal of Botany 18(4):461-469.


Citation
Helme, N.A. 2006. Centella pilosa M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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