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Scientific Name | Phymaspermum woodii (Thell.) Källersjö |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Athanasia woodii (Thell.) Hilliard, Pentzia tysonii Thell., Pentzia woodii Thell. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/01/26 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg from Witsieshoek to Garden Castle, also occurring on Ntsikeni Mountain near Kokstad, and in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands as far as Curry's Post. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Rocky hillsides in moist grasslands, 1700-2750 m. |
Threats |
| Threatened in places by habitat loss to timber plantations, agricultural expansion and overgrazing. |
Population |
Phymaspermum woodii is a widespread and common species. Although there are localized declines due to habitat loss and degradation, this species is not expected to decline to extinction as most of its habitat is well protected.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phymaspermum woodii (Thell.) Källersjö | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Källersjo, M. 1985. Fruit structure and generic delimitation of Athanasia (Asteraceae-Anthemideae) and related South African genera. Nordic Journal of Botany 5:527-542.
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.
Ruiters, A.K., Tilney, P.M., Van Wyk, B.E. and Magee, A.R. 2016. Taxonomy of the Genus Phymaspermum (Asteraceae, Anthemideae). Systematic Botany 41(2):430-456.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Phymaspermum woodii (Thell.) Källersjö. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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