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Scientific Name | Passerina paludosa Thoday |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/05/16 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, D. Gibbs, D. Raimondo & C.L. Bredenkamp |
Justification | EOO ± 3200 km², AOO<100 km², known from five locations. It has lost over 70% of its habitat on the Cape Flats, where it was once common, due to urban expansion and associated drainage of wetlands. Only four viable populations remain on the Cape Flats. Two subpopulations were recently discovered on the Agulhas Plain, however both of these are also threatened by alien plant invasion and commercial protea growing. Remaining subpopulations are small (often only a few individuals), isolated, and considered severely fragmented. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Flats and Agulhas Plain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Agulhas Limestone Fynbos, Agulhas Sand Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
Description | Lowland coastal marshes and seeps. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Passerina paludosa Thoday | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Passerina paludosa Thoday | Endangered | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Passerina paludosa Thoday | Endangered | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, 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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A., Gibbs, D., Raimondo, D. & Bredenkamp, C.L. 2006. Passerina paludosa Thoday. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/02 |
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