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Scientific Name | Cheilanthes multifida (Sw.) Sw. |
Higher Classification | Ferns |
Family | PTERIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/05/16 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Widespread across eastern, tropical and southern Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Grassland, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Moist rock crevices, riverine areas, margins of dry forests, and montane grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cheilanthes multifida (Sw.) Sw. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Burrows, J.E. 1990. Southern African ferns and fern allies. Frandsen Publishers, Sandton.
Roux, J.P. 2001. Conspectus of southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Network Report 13:1-223. SABONET, Pretoria.
Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Cheilanthes multifida (Sw.) Sw. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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