Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Acmadenia latifolia I.Williams
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
RUTACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2023/08/08
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo, N.A. Helme & S.L. Hutchinson
Justification
Three known locations are potentially threatened by alien plant invasion and expanding crop cultivation.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Gysmanshoek Pass and Muiskraal.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
North-facing sandstone slopes below 500 m.
Threats
Potentially threatened by habitat loss to Honeybush cultivation, overgrazing and competition from alien invasive plants.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Conservation
Not currently conserved in any formally protected area.
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Acmadenia latifolia I.WilliamsVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Acmadenia latifolia I.WilliamsVU D2Victor (2002)
Bibliography

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.


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.


Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.


Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.


Citation
Raimondo, D., Helme, N.A. & Hutchinson, S.L. 2023. Acmadenia latifolia I.Williams. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18

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