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Scientific Name | Quaqua arenicola (N.E.Br.) Plowes subsp. pilifera (Bruyns) Bruyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Quaqua armata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns subsp. pilifera Bruyns, Quaqua pilifera (Bruyns) Plowes |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/11/05 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | Quaqua arenicola subsp. pilifera is an endemic to the Roggeveld Escarpment and Nuweveld Mountains with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 2468 km². This species is known from seven subpopulations but it is likely that more subpopulations occur in the remote and poorly explored mountains between Sutherland and Fraserburg. There are no recorded threats to this species, it therefore qualifies as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This subspecies is endemic to South Africa, and is found on the Roggeveld plateau, from south of Middelpos to Fraserburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Roggeveld Karoo |
Description | It occurs on stony dolerite slopes, usually at the base of bushes. |
Threats |
| Quaqua arenicola subsp. pilifera is not likely to be threatened as its habit of growing under Asteraceous shrubs protects it from the impacts of livestock farming which is the main land-use within its range. |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Quaqua arenicola (N.E.Br.) Plowes subsp. pilifera (Bruyns) Bruyns | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P.V. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar. (Vol. 2, pp. 331-606). Umdaus Press, 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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Kamundi, D.A. 2019. Quaqua arenicola (N.E.Br.) Plowes subsp. pilifera (Bruyns) Bruyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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