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Scientific Name | Dasispermum hispidum (Thunb.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
Synonyms | Anthriscus capensis Spreng., Carum hispidum (Thunb.) Koso-Pol., Ptychotis caruifolia Sond., Ptychotis hispida (Thunb.) Sond., Seseli asperum (Thunb.) Sond., Sium aperum Thunb., Sium hispidum Thunb., Sonderina caruifolia (Sond.) H.Wolff, Sonderina hispida (Thunb.) H.Wolff, Trachyspermum caruifolium (Sond.) Drude |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/03 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, J.E. Victor, P.J.D. Winter & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Richtersveld to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Most common on coastal lowlands, but also extending to the lower slopes of the Bokkeveld and Cederberg mountains. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Sonderina caruifolia (Sond.) H.Wolff | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Sonderina hispida (Thunb.) H.Wolff | 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 |
| Helme, N.A., Victor, J.E., Winter, P.J.D. & Raimondo, D. 2012. Dasispermum hispidum (Thunb.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/23 |
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