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Scientific Name | Bassia dinteri (Botsch.) A.J.Scott |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Chenolea dinteri Botsch., Chenoleoides dinteri (Botsch.) Botsch. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted species (national EOO <95 km²), known from a single location where it is threatened by ongoing habitat loss to mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Sperrgebiet on the south-western coast of Namibia to Alexander Bay, Northern Cape, South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Richtersveld Coastal Duneveld |
Description | Gravelly, sandy plains near the coast. |
Threats |
| This species is threatened by severe, ongoing habitat destruction and degradation due to open-cast mining across its range in South Africa and Namibia. |
Population |
A rare and very poorly known species, known from only a few collections in South Africa and Namibia, but possibly under sampled due to access restrictions to diamond mining areas. It is likely to be declining across its range due to ongoing habitat loss an degradation.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bassia dinteri (Botsch.) A.J.Scott | CR B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 2015.1 | | Bassia dinteri (Botsch.) A.J.Scott | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Scott, A.J. 1978. A revision of the Camphorosmioideae (Chenopodiaceae). Feddes Repertorium 89(2-3):101-119.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Bassia dinteri (Botsch.) A.J.Scott. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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