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Scientific Name | Pentzia calcarea Kies |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Pentzia cooperi of other authors, not of Harv., Dinter (misapplied name) |
Common Names | Bewerasiekaroo (a), Bewerasiekaroobossie (a), Meerkatkaroo (a), Papkaroo (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/15 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Free State, Limpopo, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | Widespread in across central South Africa, extending to Namibia and Botswana. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nama Karoo, Savanna |
Description | Seasonally moist soils in or around pans. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pentzia calcarea Kies | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Magee, A.R. and Tilney, P.M. 2012. A taxonomic revision of Pentzia (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) I: the P. incana group in southern Africa, including the description of the new species P. oppositifolia Magee. South African Journal of Botany 79:148-158.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Pentzia calcarea Kies. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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