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Scientific Name | Cephalaria humilis (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | DIPSACACEAE |
Synonyms | Scabiosa humilis Thunb. |
Common Names | Umpikayiboni (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/18 |
Assessor(s) | V.L. Williams, D. Raimondo, N.R. Crouch, A.B. Cunningham, C.R. Scott-Shaw, M. Lötter & A.M. Ngwenya |
Justification | A widespread species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape |
Range | Coastal areas from George to southern KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Damp, stony slopes in grassy vegetation. |
Threats |
| Tubers are sold for traditional medicine in various South African traditional medicine markets in Johannesburg and KwaZulu-Natal (VL Williams, pers. obs., 2008). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cephalaria humilis (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cannon, M.J. and Cannon, J.F.M. 1983. Dipsaceae. In: E. Launert (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 7 (Part 1):77-87. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
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.
Napper, D.M. 1968. Notes on some tropical and South African Dipsacaceae. Kew Bulletin 21(3):463-470.
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 |
| Williams, V.L., Raimondo, D., Crouch, N.R., Cunningham, A.B., Scott-Shaw, C.R., Lötter, M. & Ngwenya, A.M. 2015. Cephalaria humilis (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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