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Scientific Name | Stapelia pillansii N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Stapelia pillansii N.E.Br. var. attenuata N.E.Br., Stapelia pillansii N.E.Br. var. fontinalis Nel, Stapelia pillansii N.E.Br. var. pillansii |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/05/11 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 2079 km²) and uncommon species, but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Between Touwsrivier and Laingsburg, and southwards to Ladismith. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | North-facing slopes of low shale or tillite hills. |
Population |
Stapelia pillansii is known from only a few collections and is rarely common (Bruyns 2005).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Stapelia pillansii N.E.Br. var. fontinalis Nel | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Stapelia pillansii N.E.Br. var. pillansii | 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.
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.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Stapelia pillansii N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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