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Scientific Name | Ifloga thellungiana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Ifloga ambigua Thell. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/23 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread (EOO 19 089 km²), but rarely recorded species that is likely to be overlooked due to its small stature. It is not suspected to be rare or in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula to the Koue Bokkeveld and Tanqua Karoo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Open places on sandy plateaus and slopes, rocky ridges, along watercourses and disturbed pathways. |
Threats |
| Some collections are from lowland areas where this species is possibly threatened by habitat loss to urban expansion and crop cultivation, however, a number are also from remote and montane areas where it is not threatened. |
Population |
A widespread, but very rarely collected species. It is a tiny annual, and easily overlooked, and therefore suspected to be more common than records indicate.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ifloga thellungiana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | 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.
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. 2012. Ifloga thellungiana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10 |
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