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Scientific Name | Stapeliopsis urniflora Lavranos |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is very rare in South Africa, but also possibly overlooked. It is not threatened. It is more widespread in Namibia, but also known only from a few, scattered subpopulations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Tiras Mountains in southern Namibia to the eastern Richtersveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Sheltered among stones or bushes on steep dolomitic or gneissic slopes. |
Population |
This species is known from a few scattered subpopulations in southern Namibia. In South Africa it is known from a single record from the Richtersveld. This species is however inconspicuous and easily overlooked, and may be more common than records indicate (Bruyns 2005). It is not threatened in Namibia (Loots 2005).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Stapeliopsis urniflora Lavranos | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Stapeliopsis urniflora Lavranos | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P.V. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar. (Vol. 2, pp. 331-606). Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Lavranos, J.J. 1966. A new Stapeliad from S.W. Africa. Journal of South African Botany 32:195-199.
Loots, S. 2005. Red Data Book of Namibian plants. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 38. SABONET, Pretoria and Windhoek.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Stapeliopsis urniflora Lavranos. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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