Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Osmitopsis pinnatifida (DC.) K.Bremer subsp. serrata K.Bremer
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ASTERACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Rare
Assessment Date
2007/05/04
Assessor(s)
N.A. Helme, D. Raimondo & D.A. Kamundi
Justification
Recorded only from one site. Not threatened due to the inaccessibility of its habitat.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Wemmershoek Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Dry rocky outcrops and cliff faces.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Osmitopsis pinnatifida (DC.) K.Bremer subsp. serrata K.BremerCritically Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Bremer, K. 1972. The genus Osmitopsis (Compositae). Botaniska Notiser 125:9-48.


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.


Citation
Helme, N.A., Raimondo, D. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Osmitopsis pinnatifida (DC.) K.Bremer subsp. serrata K.Bremer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18

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