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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.Williams | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Acmadenia latifolia I.Williams | VU D2 | Victor (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.
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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 2025/06/04 |
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