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Scientific Name | Xysmalobium gomphocarpoides (E.Mey.) D.Dietr. var. parvilobum Bruyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2019/11/05 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Xysmalobium gomphocarpoides var. parvilobum is a poorly known species recorded from two herbarium specimens collected in 1917 and 1934 from near Beaufort West. Both specimens have no precise locality descriptions. Too little is known about this species to assign a category of extinction risk. This species qualifies as Data Deficient. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found in the Karoo basin around Beaufort West. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Gamka Karoo |
Description | It grows in dry sandy river beds. |
Threats |
| Threats to this species are unknown, but it is possibly threatened by uranium mining. |
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 | | Xysmalobium gomphocarpoides (E.Mey.) D.Dietr. var. parvilobum Bruyns | DDD | 2020.1 | | Xysmalobium gomphocarpoides (E.Mey.) D.Dietr. var. parvilobum Bruyns | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P.V. 1990. New taxa from the arid regions of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 56(1):125-132.
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. 2019. Xysmalobium gomphocarpoides (E.Mey.) D.Dietr. var. parvilobum Bruyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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