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Scientific Name | Seriphium cinereum L. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Stoebe cinerea (L.) Thunb. |
Common Names | Duine-anosterbos (a), Slangbossie (a), Vaal Hartebeeskaroo (a), Vaalanosterbos (a), Vaalanosterbossie (a), Vaalbossie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/02/03 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is widespread and not threatened. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | Plants are common in the Western Cape between the Cape Peninsula and Humansdorp, with isolated records from the Eastern Cape, northern Free State and Mpumalanga. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Grassland |
Description | Plants grow in rocky slopes and boulders, often on shale in the Western Cape. Elsewhere it grows in sandy loam, often close to water. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Incorrectly listed as Seriphium cinereum (unpublished new combination, Koekemoer 2002) in Raimondo et al. (2009). Koekemoer (2002) has greatly extended the known range of this species, stating "it is not certain if these latter collections represent scattered collections in the northern range of the species, if the species has not been well collected in the northern parts, or if these collections are remnants from an earlier, wider distribution. There is however no doubt about the correct identification of these specimens". |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Seriphium cinereum L. | 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 Unpublished PhD, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg.
Koekemoer, M. 2016. A monograph of Stoebe and Seriphium (Gnaphalieae, Asteraceae) in southern Africa and neighbouring islands. Phytotaxa 242(1):1-84.
Levyns, M.R. 1937. A revision of Stoebe L. Journal of South African Botany 3:1-35.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.
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Citation |
| Kamundi, D.A. & von Staden, L. 2011. Seriphium cinereum L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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