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Scientific Name | Sarcocornia decussata S.Steffen, Mucina & G.Kadereit |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/15 |
Assessor(s) | S. Steffen, L. Mucina & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 1078 km², recorded from fewer than 10 locations and declining due to habitat loss to crop cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piketberg region, Eendekuil to Graafwater and Aurora. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Piketberg Quartz Succulent Shrubland, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Hopefield Sand Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos |
Description | Saline soils, in quartz patches and on shale erosions scars in renosterveld vegetation. |
Threats |
| Threatened by habitat loss as a result of crop cultivation: The largest subpopulation occurs across two farms near Graafwater where over 50% of suitable habitat for this species has been lost to ploughing since 2000. Similar transformation of suitable habitat is likely to be taking place throughout the rest of this species' range. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Sarcocornia decussata S.Steffen, Mucina & G.Kadereit | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Steffen, S., Mucina, L. and Kadereit, G. 2010. Revision of Sarcocornia (Chenopodiaceae) in South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique. Systematic Botany 35(2):390-408.
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Citation |
| Steffen, S., Mucina, L. & Raimondo, D. 2014. Sarcocornia decussata S.Steffen, Mucina & G.Kadereit. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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