Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Glia prolifera (Burm.f.) B.L.Burtt
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
APIACEAE
Synonyms
Annesorhiza gummifera of other authors, not of L. (misapplied name), Annesorhiza inebrians (Thunb.) Wijnands, Bubon proliferum Burm.f., Glia capensis (Houtt.) B.L.Burtt, Glia gummifera in sense of Sond., excluding basionym Bubon gummiferum L., Lichtensteinia inebrians (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh., Oenanthe capensis Houtt., Oenanthe inebrians Thunb., Oenanthe tenuifolium Thunb., Peucedanum abbreviatum Meisn., not of E.Mey. ex Sond. (1862), Peucedanum caledonicum Eckl. & Zeyh., Ruthea gummifera in sense of Drude, excluding basionym
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2012/01/26
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor, P.J.D. Winter & L. von Staden
Justification
A widespread and very common species that is not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Cederberg to the Cape Peninsula and the Agulhas Plain.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
Sandstone fynbos.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Glia prolifera (Burm.f.) B.L.BurttLeast 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.


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.


Van Wyk, B.E., Tilney, P.M. and Magee, A.R. 2010. A revision of the genus Glia (Apiaceae, tribe Heteromorpheae). South African Journal of Botany 76(2):259-271.


Citation
Victor, J.E., Winter, P.J.D. & von Staden, L. 2012. Glia prolifera (Burm.f.) B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31

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