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Scientific Name | Pectinaria longipes (N.E.Br.) Bruyns subsp. longipes |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Caralluma longipes N.E.Br. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/11/04 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | Pectinaria longipes subsp. longipes is a restricted range species, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 5175 km². It is known from nine subpopulations. It is likely to be under collected as it is a highly inconspicuous species. There are no known threats to this species and it therefore qualifies as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found in the Klein Roggeveld Mountains, from the Roggeveld Plateau to Fraserburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Koedoesberge-Moordenaars Karoo, Roggeveld Karoo, Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld, Roggeveld Shale Renosterveld |
Description | It grows in flat gravelly areas under low growing Asteraceous shrubs. |
Threats |
| Pectinaria longipes subsp. longipes 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 | | Pectinaria longipes (N.E.Br.) Bruyns subsp. longipes | 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 |
| Kamundi, D.A. 2019. Pectinaria longipes (N.E.Br.) Bruyns subsp. longipes. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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