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Scientific Name | Helichrysum tysonii Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/11/07 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | Helichrysum tysonii has a restricted distribution range, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 10 717 km². It has no severe threats and therefore is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and occurs in the mountains between Murraysburg, Graaff-Reinet and Middelburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Upper Karoo, Karoo Escarpment Grassland |
Description | Plants form cushion like shrubs, and occur in bare, rocky areas, and will colonize eroded places and hard, gravelly road verges, at high altitude. |
Threats |
| Recent field observations recorded no severe threats to Helichrysum tysonii. |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Helichrysum tysonii Hilliard | Least Concern | 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.
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1982. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: IX. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 40(2):247-298.
Magee, A.R. and Boatwright, J.S. (eds). In prep. Plants of the Karoo: A Conspectus of the Nama-Karoo and Adjacent Summer-Rainfall Regions of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces. Strelitzia.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Kamundi, D.A. 2019. Helichrysum tysonii Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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