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Scientific Name | Pentzia calva S.Moore |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Pentzia microcephala Dinter ex Range |
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, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | Eastern parts of the Northern Cape Province and western Free State, extending to North West Province and further north to Namibia and Botswana. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nama Karoo, Savanna |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| This species was previously thought to be restricted to Namibia and Botswana, but this was due to the misidentification of South African collections as P. incana (Magee and Tilney 2012). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pentzia calva S.Moore | Least Concern | 2013.1 | | Pentzia calva S.Moore | Least Concern | 2013.1 | |
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Pentzia calva S.Moore. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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