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Scientific Name | Dasispermum suffruticosum (P.J.Bergius) B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
Synonyms | Bunium rigens (L.) Spreng., Capnophyllum jacquinii DC. Prodr. 4: 187 (1830), Cicuta rigens (L.) Lam., Cicuta suffruticosa (P.J.Bergius) Poir., Cnidium suffruticosum (P.J.Bergius) Cham. & Schltdl., Conium jacquinii (DC.) D.Dietr., Conium rigens L., Conium suffruticosum P.J.Bergius, Dasispermum maritimum Raf., Heteroptilis arenaria E.Mey. ex Meisn., Heteroptilis suffruticosa (P.J.Bergius) Leute, Selinum suffruticosum (P.J.Bergius) Benth. & Hook.f., Sium patulum Thunb., Trachydium rigens (L.) M.Hiroe, Trachyspermum rigens (L.) G.Don |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/03 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor, P.J.D. Winter & L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and very common species. Although threatened in some areas by habitat loss to coastal development, it is not considered in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape |
Range | Olifants River Mouth west of Vredendal to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards along the coast to Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt |
Description | Littoral dunes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dasispermum suffruticosum (P.J.Bergius) B.L.Burtt | 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., Van Wyk, B.E., Tilney, P.M. and Downie, S.R. 2010. A taxonomic revision of the South African endemic genus Dasispermum (Apiaceae, Apioideae). South African Journal of Botany 76(2):308-323.
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.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E., Winter, P.J.D. & von Staden, L. 2012. Dasispermum suffruticosum (P.J.Bergius) B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/24 |
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