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Scientific Name | Osmitopsis tenuis K.Bremer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/04 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, D.A. Kamundi & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from a small area around the Slanghoek mountains (EOO 60 km²) and from four collections. Not threatened as its cliff habitat is not invaded by invasive alien pines or hakeas. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Bain's Kloof to Du Toit's Kloof. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Damp, south-facing cliffs. |
Threats |
| Alien invasive plants are present within the general area, but is unlikely to spread onto this species' habitat. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Osmitopsis tenuis K.Bremer | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bremer, K. 1972. The genus Osmitopsis (Compositae). Botaniska Notiser 125:9-48.
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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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., Kamundi, D.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Osmitopsis tenuis K.Bremer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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