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Scientific Name | Anaxeton lundgrenii B.Nord. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/06/10 |
Assessor(s) | P.A. Manyama & L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 130 km²), known from one subpopulation, this species has no recorded threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kleinrivier Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rock crevices and on large, inaccessible boulders on steep middle slopes, mainly with a south-west aspect. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Anaxeton lundgrenii is a rare and poorly known species, and was last recorded in 1974. The current population status and trend is not known, but it is not suspected to be declining as its habitat is protected. Field surveys are needed to relocate this species in the wild.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Anaxeton lundgrenii B.Nord. | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Nordenstam, B. 1988. A new species of Anaxeton (Asteraceae) from the south-western Cape Province. South African Journal of Botany 54(6):631-632.
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 |
| Manyama, P.A. & von Staden, L. 2008. Anaxeton lundgrenii B.Nord. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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