Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Hymenolepis cynopus K.Bremer & Källersjö
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ASTERACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Rare
Assessment Date
2007/05/03
Assessor(s)
N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo
Justification
Recorded from one location this species has no known threats.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Touwsberg.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Arid fynbos on upper slopes.
Threats
No threats.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Hymenolepis cynopus K.Bremer & KällersjöCritically Rare 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.


Citation
Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Hymenolepis cynopus K.Bremer & Källersjö. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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