Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Anaxeton angustifolium Lundgren
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ASTERACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Rare
Assessment Date
2007/05/04
Assessor(s)
N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo
Justification
Known from one collection at the western foot of Milner Peak. Not threatened due to inaccessibility of habitat.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Ceres, Milner Peak.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
North Hex Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Sandstone cliffs and steep rocky slopes.
Threats
No threats.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Anaxeton angustifolium LundgrenCritically Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Anaxeton angustifolium LundgrenVU D3Victor (2002)
Anaxeton angustifolium LundgrenInsufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Anaxeton angustifolium LundgrenUncertain 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.


Lundgren, J. 1972. Revision of the genus Anaxeton Gaertn. (Compositae). Opera Botanica 31:1-59.


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.


Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.


Citation
Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Anaxeton angustifolium Lundgren. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/01

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