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Scientific Name | Stoebe capitata P.J.Bergius |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Gymnachaena bruniades Rchb., Perotriche tortilis Cass., Stoebe affinis S.Moore, Stoebe bruniades (Rchb.) Levyns, Stoebe mossii S.Moore |
Common Names | Bergslangbos (a), Pienkhofie-slangbos (a), Slangbos (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Widespread across the Western Cape, from the Cederberg southwards to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to Humansdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandy flats and lower slopes; often in disturbed areas. |
Population |
An extremely common weedy species that thrives in disturbed habitat.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Stoebe capitata P.J.Bergius | Least Concern | 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.
Koekemoer, M. 2002. Systematics of the Metalasia group in the Relhaniinae (Asteraceae-Gnaphalieae). Unpublished PhD, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg.
Levyns, M.R. 1937. A revision of Stoebe L. Journal of South African Botany 3:1-35.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Stoebe capitata P.J.Bergius. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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