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Scientific Name | Anisodontea racemosa (Harv.) Bates |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MALVACEAE |
Synonyms | Malva racemosa E.Mey., Malvastrum racemosum Harv., Malveopsis racemosa (Harv.) Kuntze |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable A2a; D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/02/02 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, D.A. Snijman & E. Marinus |
Justification | This large, showy species which is unlikely to be overlooked is known from only three locations, one of which is now locally extinct due to overgrazing. It is inferred that this represents a 30% reduction in the population over the past 25 years (generation length 30 years). Decline is not continuing, but overgrazing remains a potential threat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Nieuwoudtville to Clanwilliam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos, Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | South-facing slopes on rocky outcrops or on dolerite sills. |
Threats |
| Anisodontea species is highly palatable (D. Snijman pers. comm.), and at one locality, the subpopulation has disappeared, presumably due to heavy overgrazing in the 1980s. Although the site is now protected and livestock has been removed, no plants seem to have regenerated. Overgrazing is also a potential threat to other subpopulations, which are on privately owned farmland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Anisodontea racemosa (Harv.) Bates | VU A2a; D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Anisodontea racemosa (Harv.) Bates | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Anisodontea racemosa (Harv.) Bates | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D., Snijman, D.A. & Marinus, E. 2006. Anisodontea racemosa (Harv.) Bates. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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