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Scientific Name | Cephalaria oblongifolia (Kuntze) Szabó |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | DIPSACACEAE |
Synonyms | Cephalaria attenuata (L.f.) Roem. & Schult. var. oblongifolia Kuntze |
Common Names | Tsoene (ss) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/18 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Free State Drakensberg around Witsieshoek southwards through the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg foothills and Midlands to Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Damp places in grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cephalaria oblongifolia (Kuntze) Szabó | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P. and Johns, A. 2014. A taxonomic review of Cephalaria (Dipsacaceae) in the Cape Floristic Region. South African Journal of Botany 94:195-203.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
Pooley, E. 2005. A field guide to wild flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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. 2015. Cephalaria oblongifolia (Kuntze) Szabó. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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