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Scientific Name | Anginon pumilum I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2013/03/28 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO 1113 km² and six locations with ongoing decline due to invasive alien plants and urban expansion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Struisbaai to Cape Infanta. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | De Hoop Limestone Fynbos, Agulhas Limestone Fynbos |
Description | Limestone fynbos. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations of A. pumilum are threatened by ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion around Struisbaai, and quarrying and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
This species occurs as widely scattered individuals, with seldom more than 30 plants per hectare. It is however small and cryptic and hence probably overlooked.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Anginon pumilum I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk | VU B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) | 2014.1 | | Anginon pumilum I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk | Rare | 2013.1 | | Anginon pumilum I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Allison, I. and Van Wyk, B.-E. 1997. A revision of the genus Anginon (Apiaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 17(6):561-577.
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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. 2013. Anginon pumilum I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/04 |
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