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Scientific Name | Salsola merxmuelleri Aellen |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/25 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted and poorly known species that is possibly threatened by habitat loss to mining. Based on currently available data, its risk of extinction cannot be assessed. It is listed as Data Deficient. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | It is restricted to a small area of coastal flats around the mouth of the Orange River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Richtersveld Coastal Duneveld, Western Gariep Plains Desert, Alexander Bay Coastal Duneveld |
Description | Sandy desert flats. |
Threats |
| Threats to this species are unknown. It is possibly threatened by habitat loss to open cast mining of coastal dunes across its range. |
Population |
This species is known from only a few, very old collections, and was last recorded in 1980. Local abundance and population trend is not known. It is possibly overlooked due to taxonomic confusion within Salsola.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Salsola merxmuelleri Aellen | DDD | 2020.1 | | Salsola merxmuelleri Aellen | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Aellen, P. 1961. Neue Chenopodiaceen aus Südwestafrika. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 4:21-31.
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.
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. 2017. Salsola merxmuelleri Aellen. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/10 |
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