Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Anaxeton brevipes Lundgren
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ASTERACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2007/05/04
Assessor(s)
N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo
Justification
Known from two locations on the Riviersonderend mountains. Potentially threatened by the spread of invasive alien plants.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Riviersonderend Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Rocky slopes.
Threats
Potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive pines.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Anaxeton brevipes LundgrenVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Anaxeton brevipes LundgrenLower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Anaxeton brevipes LundgrenRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Anaxeton brevipes LundgrenRare 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 brevipes Lundgren. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18

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