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Scientific Name | Quaqua arida (N.E.Br.) Plowes |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Caralluma arida (Masson) N.E.Br., Caralluma marlothii N.E.Br., Caralluma marlothii N.E.Br. var. viridis E.Lamb, Caralluma simulans N.E.Br., Piaranthus aridus (Masson) G.Don, Quaqua marlothii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns, Stapelia arida Masson |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2008/07/08 |
Assessor(s) | P.A. Manyama, D. Raimondo & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | A widespread species (EOO > 40 000 km²) that occurs throughout the Karoo from Loeriesfontein to Prince Albert. There are more than 30 recorded subpopulations and it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Loeriesfontein in the north, southwards along the Roggeveld past Sutherland to near Fraserburg. It is also present in the Ceres Karoo, Little Karoo and Great Karoo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nama Karoo |
Description | Flat, stony or loamy areas. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Quaqua arida (N.E.Br.) Plowes | Least Concern | 2014.1 | | Quaqua marlothii (N.E.Br.) Bruyns | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Quaqua arida (N.E.Br.) Plowes | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Caralluma arida (Masson) N.E.Br. | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P.V. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar. (Vol. 2, pp. 331-606). Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
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.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Manyama, P.A., Raimondo, D. & Kamundi, D.A. 2008. Quaqua arida (N.E.Br.) Plowes. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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