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Scientific Name | Dasispermum humile (Meisn.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
Synonyms | Apium humile (Meisn.) Benth. & Hook.f., Carum meisneri (Sond.) M.Hiroe, Petroselinum humile Meisn., Ptychotis meisneri Sond., Sonderina humilis (Meisn.) H.Wolff |
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 annual that is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Pietermaritzburg to the Suurberg inland from Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Uncertain, possibly clearings in forests and thicket, forest margins and riverbanks. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Sonderina humilis (Meisn.) H.Wolff | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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 humile (Meisn.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/23 |
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