|
Scientific Name | Pentatrichia integra (Compton) Klaassen & N.G.Bergh |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Anisothrix integra (Compton) Anderb., Iphiona integra Compton |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2017/07/12 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme |
Justification | A habitat specialist recorded from four sites. It is not threatened due to inaccessibility of its habitat. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in Anysberg, Seweweekspoort and Rooiberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, Oudshoorn Karroid Thicket |
Description | Plants grow on cliffs on arid, lower sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| This species has no known threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Anisothrix integra (Compton) Anderb. | Rare | 2012.1 | | Anisothrix integra (Compton) Anderb. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Anderberg, A.A. 1988. The genus Anisothrix O.Hoffm. (Compositae : Inuleae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 109(3):363-371.
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.
Klaassen, E.S. and Bergh, N.C. 2012. Inclusion of the Cape genus Anisothrix in the Namibian-centred genus Pentatrichia (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae) based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis. South African Journal of Botany 78(1):2-11.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
|
Citation |
| Helme, N.A. 2017. Pentatrichia integra (Compton) Klaassen & N.G.Bergh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
Comment on this assessment
