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Scientific Name | Pentatrichia kuntzei (O.Hoffm.) Klaassen & N.G.Bergh |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Anisothrix kuntzei O.Hoffm., Iphiona dentata (Bolus) Bolus, Pegolettia dentata Bolus |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/14 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from one site. Not threatened due to inaccessibility of its habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Montagu, Kogman's Kloof. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Breede Shale Fynbos, Central Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Cliffs on low sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Anisothrix kuntzei O.Hoffm. | Critically Rare | 2012.1 | | Anisothrix kuntzei O.Hoffm. | Critically 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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Pentatrichia kuntzei (O.Hoffm.) Klaassen & N.G.Bergh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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