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Scientific Name | Pteronia elata B.Nord. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/19 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare, localized species known from two locations and potentially threatened by overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Richtersveld, Tatasberg to Eksteenfontein. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Tatasberg Mountain Succulent Shrubland, Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland |
Description | Rocky arid slopes. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by habitat degradation due to overgrazing. |
Population |
A very rare and poorly known species, known from only two, widely separated subpopulations. It was last recorded in 1991. Although it occurs in a remote and botanically relatively poorly explored area, it is a tall, conspicuous shrub (1-2 m high), and unlikely to be overlooked.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pteronia elata B.Nord. | VU D2 | 2015.1 | | Pteronia elata B.Nord. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Nordenstam, B. 1971. New South African Compositae. Botaniska Notiser 124(1):9-15.
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 |
| Kamundi, D.A., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2015. Pteronia elata B.Nord. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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