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Scientific Name | Acmadenia nivea I.Williams |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/08/03 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & S.L. Hutchinson |
Justification | EOO and AOO <77 km², only three known locations are potentially threatened by too frequent fire and invasive alien plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Hottentots Holland and Kogelberg mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Marshy ground in peaty soil, among restios. |
Threats |
| Too frequent fires and alien invasive plants are severe potential threats for this species which regenerates only from seed. The Kogelberg area has had at least three fires in the past 15 years. |
Population |
Subpopulation sizes are unknown but numbers are probably low as records indicate it as being occasional and rare.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Acmadenia nivea I.Williams | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Acmadenia nivea I.Williams | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Acmadenia nivea I.Williams | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
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.
Williams, I. 1978. Studies in the genera of the Diosmeae (Rutaceae): 7. Journal of South African Botany 44(4):329 - 362.
Williams, I. 1982. Studies in the genera of the Diosmeae (Rutaceae): 13. A revision of the genus Acmadenia. Journal of South African Botany 48(2):169-240.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Hutchinson, S.L. 2012. Acmadenia nivea I.Williams. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/04 |
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