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Scientific Name | Asclepias compressidens (N.E.Br.) Nicholas |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Asclepias navicularis (E.Mey.) Schltr. var. compressidens N.E.Br. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2004/12/10 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, J.E. Victor & A. Nicholas |
Justification | EOO 20 000 km², known from five herbarium collections, but is likely to be under-collected. It occurs as individual plants, sparsely distributed within its range. It is unlikely to be threatened as there are only low levels of urban expansion and agricultural transformation in this part of the Eastern Cape. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Albany, Cradock and Queenstown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket |
Description | Grasslands in sparsely wooded thornveld. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Asclepias compressidens (N.E.Br.) Nicholas | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Asclepias compressidens (N.E.Br.) Nicholas | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Nicholas, A. 1987. List of species of southern African plants: Part 2. Dicotyledons. (2 ed., Vol. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa No. 56). Botanical Research 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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D., Victor, J.E. & Nicholas, A. 2004. Asclepias compressidens (N.E.Br.) Nicholas. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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