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Scientific Name | Acmadenia bodkinii (Schltr.) Strid |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Adenandra bodkinii Schltr. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/20 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO < 18 km²) that occurs at high altitudes in a fire refuge habitat where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cederberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rock crevices on upper slopes. |
Threats |
| The only major threat to plants in the Cederberg, a protected wilderness area, is increasing frequency of wildfires. This species however occurs in sites sheltered from fire and is unlikely to be affected by this threat. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Acmadenia bodkinii (Schltr.) Strid | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Acmadenia bodkinii (Schltr.) Strid. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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