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Scientific Name | Hoodia pilifera (L.f.) Plowes subsp. pilifera |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Trichocaulon piliferum (L.f.) N.E.Br. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/22 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 15 700 km², known from 13 locations. This taxon is very rare and difficult to find. Low densities are most likely the result of habitat degradation due to overgrazing throughout its range as well as harvesting for food by local people. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Montagu to Uniondale, Matjiesfontein to Laingsburg and Gamka Poort, and Klaarstroom. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Little Karoo, Eastern Little Karoo, Matjiesfontein Quartzite Fynbos, Muscadel Riviere, Oudshoorn Karroid Thicket |
Description | On steep shale slopes or near the foot of sandstone mountains, usually on hotter, northern aspects, occasional it is found on flat areas and cooler, southern slopes. |
Threats |
| Harvested extensively for its medicinal value. Rare due to habitat degradation, overgrazing and harvesting (Bruyns 2005). |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hoodia pilifera (L.f.) Plowes subsp. pilifera | NT B1ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Hoodia pilifera (L.f.) Plowes subsp. pilifera | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P.V. 1993. A revision of Hoodia and Lavrania (Asclepiadaceae-stapelieae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 115(2):145-270.
Bruyns, P.V. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar. (Vol. 1, pp. 1-330). Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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. 2008. Hoodia pilifera (L.f.) Plowes subsp. pilifera. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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