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Scientific Name | Dasispermum capense (Lam.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
Synonyms | Caucalis capensis Lam., Ptychotis didyma Sond., Sonderina didyma (Sond.) Adamson, Stoibrax capense (Lam.) B.L.Burtt, Stoibrax didyma (Sond.) B.L.Burtt, Trachyspermum didymum (Sond.) Drude, Tragiopsis didyma (Sond.) H.Wolff |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/01 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor, P.J.D. Winter & L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common annual herb that is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Port Nolloth to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to the mouth of the Breede River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Sandy coastal flats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Stoibrax capense (Lam.) 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 capense (Lam.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/16 |
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