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Scientific Name | Pegolettia gariepina Anderb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened* D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/19 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species has a narrow distribution in South Africa (national EOO 583 km²), where it is known from four locations and potentially threatened by overgrazing. It also has a restricted range in Namibia, but is more common than in South Africa and not threatened, therefore the national status is downgraded by one category following IUCN regional assessment procedures. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Southern Namibia to the Richtersveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland, Noms Mountain Desert |
Description | Rocky slopes, up to 1400 m. |
Threats |
| This species is localized to the central Richtersveld mountains, where grazing pressure is currently low. However, as rangelands on the plains and closer to settlements are becoming increasingly degraded, herders are starting to move their livestock into the mountains in search of grazing. It is not threatened in Namibia. |
Population |
This species has a restricted range in southern Namibia, along the mountain ranges south of Aus to the Orange River. In South Africa, it is known from scattered collections along the central mountains of the Richtersveld as far south as Eksteenfontein.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pegolettia gariepina Anderb. | NT* D2 | 2015.1 | | Pegolettia gariepina Anderb. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Anderberg, A.A. 1985. A new species of Pegolettia (Compositae - Inuleae) from Namibia. Nordic Journal of Botany 5(1):57-59.
Anderberg, A.A. 1986. The genus Pegolettia (Compositae, Inuleae). Cladistics 2(2):158-186.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Pegolettia gariepina Anderb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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