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Scientific Name | Acmadenia tenax I.Williams |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2004/07/27 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor |
Justification | It is known from one site where it is not threatened due to it occurring in a fire refuge habitat. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1. criteria as Least Concern but is nationally recognised as Critically Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is found in Hex River Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Hex Sandstone Fynbos, North Hex Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in vertical cliffs on ledges, or in cracks in Table Mountain Sandstone. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Acmadenia tenax I.Williams | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Acmadenia tenax I.Williams | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Acmadenia tenax I.Williams | Rare | 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.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. 2004. Acmadenia tenax I.Williams. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/04 |
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