Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Hippia hirsuta DC.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ASTERACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2005/10/13
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor
Justification
Known from three sites. Occurs on mountain slopes that are not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Langeberg, Franschhoek and Kleinrivier Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
Sandstone slopes.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Hippia hirsuta DC.Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Hippia hirsuta DC.VU D2Victor (2002)
Hippia hirsuta DC.Insufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Hippia hirsuta DC.Uncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

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.


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
Victor, J.E. 2005. Hippia hirsuta DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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