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Scientific Name | Helichrysum albertense Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2019/11/07 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Helichrysum albertense is a widespread, but rare and very poorly known species. It is suspected to be in danger of extinction, but based on currently available data, its risk of extinction cannot be assessed. It is listed as Data Deficient. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is widespread across the southern Great Karoo, from Laingsburg to Leeu Gamka, eastwards to Klipplaat and southwards to Prince Albert. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Upper Karoo, Gamka Karoo |
Description | It is an annual species occurring on low ridges and flats in arid karroid shrubland. |
Threats |
| There is ongoing degradation of this species' habitat as a result of livestock overgrazing and increasing frequency of drought events in the Karoo. |
Population |
Historical collections recorded this species as locally common, but it has been recorded only once since 1967. It is possibly overlooked, as its habitat is botanically poorly explored. As an annual, it possibly only emerges briefly following sufficient rainfall, but it may also be declining due to overgrazing and drought. The fact that there were no collections of this species during the Karoo BioGaps surveys that took place between 2015 and 2018 is a concern.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Helichrysum albertense Hilliard | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. 1983. Gnaphaliinae (First Part). In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 33 Asteraceae, Part 7 Inuleae, Fascicle 2:1-325. National Botanical 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.
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. 2019. Helichrysum albertense Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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