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Scientific Name | Anisodontea malvastroides (Baker f.) Bates |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MALVACEAE |
Synonyms | Malvastrum crozophoroides Stapf ex Hutch., Sphaeralcea malvastroides Baker f. |
Common Names | Wildestokroos (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2019/11/10 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & A.P. Dold |
Justification | Anisodontea malvastroides is widespread in the mountains between Beaufort West and Middelburg, and has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 7658 km². It is a localized habitat specialist, but has no severe threats and is therefore not suspected to be in danger of extinction. It is listed under the IUCN 3.1. criteria as Least Concern but is nationally recognised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the mountains of the Great Karoo, South Africa, where it occurs in the Nuweveld and Sneeuberg mountains between Beaufort West and Middelburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Upper Karoo Hardeveld, Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Karoo Escarpment Grassland |
Description | It occurs in arid grassland on summit plateaus and escarpments. |
Threats |
| No threats have been recorded to impact this species. |
Population |
This species is known from scattered subpopulations localized to cliffs. Herbarium specimen notes that it is locally abundant on cliffs or summit plateaus. As there are no severe threats to this species, it is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Anisodontea malvastroides (Baker f.) Bates | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Anisodontea malvastroides (Baker f.) Bates | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Bates, D.M. 1969. Systematics of the South African genus Anisodontea. Gentes Herbarum 10(3):215-383.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Magee, A.R. and Boatwright, J.S. (eds). In prep. Plants of the Karoo: A Conspectus of the Nama-Karoo and Adjacent Summer-Rainfall Regions of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces. Strelitzia.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Dold, A.P. 2019. Anisodontea malvastroides (Baker f.) Bates. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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