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Scientific Name | Osteospermum potbergense A.R.Wood & B.Nord. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/12/13 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 10 km² this species range falls within De Hoop Nature Reserve and is therefore protected. It faces a slight threat of grazing because game concentrate in the area it occurs in. However it is a resprouter and is unlikely to be very sensitive to grazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Potberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Potberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Lower sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| Grazing by game is a slight potential threat - the area where this species occurs is heavily stocked with Eland. As this species resprouts it is unlikely to be very sensitive to grazing. |
Population |
A locally common but highly localized species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in De Hoop Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Osteospermum potbergense A.R.Wood & B.Nord. | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Wood, A.R. and Nordenstam, B. 2003. An interesting new species of Osteospermum (Asteraceae-Calenduleae) from the Western Cape Province, South Africa, providing a link to the genus Chrysanthemoides. South African Journal of Botany 69(4):572-578.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Osteospermum potbergense A.R.Wood & B.Nord. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/15 |
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