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Scientific Name | Othonna cyclophylla Merxm. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/20 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread, but rarely collected and poorly known species. It occurs in a remote, botanically relatively poorly explored area, where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Southern Namibia to Springbok and western Bushmanland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | Granitic and quartzitic hills. |
Population |
This species is known from only a few, widely scattered records. It occurs in a remote area and is possibly overlooked, rather than rare or threatened.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Othonna cyclophylla Merxm. | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Othonna cyclophylla Merxm. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Merxmüller, H. 1965. Compositen-studien VII: Othonna in Südwestafrika. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 5(627-643).
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Othonna cyclophylla Merxm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/15 |
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