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Scientific Name | Pachycarpus linearis (E.Mey.) N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Asclepias linearis (E.Mey.) Schltr., Gomphocarpus linearis (E.Mey.) D.Dietr., Lagarinthus linearis E.Mey. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/28 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & A. Nicholas |
Justification | Known from nine collections all from the turn of the previous century. Its range is heavily populated and the vegetation is under significant pressure from livestock grazing. This may have caused declines in the population and resulted in no collections for the past 100 years. However, the Transkei has also not been well explored for the past 80 years, and more field surveys are required before a threat status is assigned. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Dohne Peak near Stutterheim and Transkei. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pachycarpus linearis (E.Mey.) N.E.Br. | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Pachycarpus linearis (E.Mey.) N.E.Br. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Phillipson, P.B. 1995. What is the Albany hot-spot? The Naturalist 39:14-19.
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.
Smith, D.M.N. 1988. A revision of the genus Pachycarpus in southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 54(5):399-439.
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. & Nicholas, A. 2008. Pachycarpus linearis (E.Mey.) N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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