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Scientific Name | Hippia simplicior Magee & B.Busch |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Hippia integrifolia Less. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2022/11/17 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, R.C. Turner, L. von Staden & N.A. Helme |
Justification | A range-restricted habitat specialist, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 252 km². It is known from less than 10 subpopulations. It has no severe threats and is therefore not suspected to be in danger of extinction. It qualifies for listing as Rare nationally and qualifies under the IUCN 3.1. criteria as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species has a restricted distribution in the Langeberg Mountains between Swellendam and Riversdale in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | It grows in damp, shady, upper south-facing sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| This species has no significant threats. It currently grows in undisturbed mountain fynbos but may be threatened in the future by invasive alien plants. |
Population |
Subpopulations are small, consisting typically of 50 plants, with one subpopulation of 100 to 250 mature individuals recorded in Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve. Eight subpopulations are known, but a few more are likely to occur on unexplored high mountain slopes. The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hippia simplicior Magee & B.Busch | Rare | 2014.1 | | Hippia integrifolia Less. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Magee, A.R. and Busch, B. 2013. ASTERACEAE: A new name and neotypification for Hippia integrifolia (Anthemideae). Bothalia 43(1):92-93.
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 |
| Raimondo, D., Turner, R.C., von Staden, L. & Helme, N.A. 2022. Hippia simplicior Magee & B.Busch. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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