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Scientific Name | Leucoptera nodosa (Thunb.) B.Nord. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Arctotis nodosa Thunb., Chrysanthemum leptophyllum DC., Chrysanthemum nodosum (Thunb.) DC. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2013/01/08 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 2854 km², fewer than 10 known locations continue to decline due to habitat loss to mining, infrastructure development and overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Kleinsee to Lambert's Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Inland Duneveld, Namaqualand Coastal Duneveld, Namaqualand Strandveld, Namaqualand Heuweltjie Strandveld |
Description | Coastal dune strandveld. |
Threats |
| Threatened by habitat loss to open-cast mineral mining, wind farm construction, urban expansion and overgrazing. |
Population |
A rare and localized species, occurring in isolated, scattered subpopulations.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Leucoptera nodosa (Thunb.) B.Nord. | VU D2 | 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.
Nordenstam, B. 1976. Reclassification of Chrysanthemum L. in South Africa. Botaniska Notiser 129(2):137-165.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & von Staden, L. 2013. Leucoptera nodosa (Thunb.) B.Nord. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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