Fagonia isotricha var. spinescens

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Fagonia isotricha Murb. var. spinescens (O.Schwartz) Hadidi
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
Synonyms
Fagonia capensis Hadidi, Fagonia cretica L. var. glandulosa Harv., Fagonia cretica L. var. latifrons Engl., Fagonia rangei Loes. ex Engl.
National Status
Status and Criteria
Near Threatened* B1b(iii,v)+2b(iii,v)
Assessment Date
2015/02/13
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland, Northern Nababiepsberge Mountain Desert, Helskloof Canyon Desert, Kahams Mountain Desert, Richtersveld Sheet Wash Desert, Lower Gariep Alluvial Vegetation
Population
Population trend
Decreasing
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Fagonia rangei Loes. ex Engl.NT* B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v)2015.1
Fagonia capensis HadidiLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Beier, B. 2005. A revision of the desert shrub Fagonia (Zygophyllaceae). Systematics and Biodiversity 3(3):221-263.


Govaerts, R. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1, 2:1-492, MIM, Deurne.


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.


Citation
von Staden, L. 2015. Fagonia isotricha Murb. var. spinescens (O.Schwartz) Hadidi. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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