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Scientific Name | Crassula garibina Marloth & Schönland subsp. glabra Toelken |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CRASSULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2015/07/07 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted habitat specialist (EOO 340 km²), but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Mountains north-west of Steinkopf. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Bushmanland Inselberg Shrubland, Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland |
Description | Rock crevices in granite or quartzite outcrops. |
Threats |
| Overstocking of livestock is causing severe degradation natural vegetation across of most of this subspecies' range, as a result of overgrazing and trampling. Its preference for rocky crevices however offers it protection against the effects of erosion and trampling. Unlike many other succulent species in the area, it survives in exposed places, and is not dependent on the shelter of shrub cover. |
Population |
This subspecies has a narrow range, and is known from only a few collections. It is a habitat specialist of rocky crevices on Namaqualand inselbergs, and subpopulations are localized.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Crassula garibina Marloth & Schönland subsp. glabra Toelken | Rare | 2015.1 | | Crassula garibina Marloth & Schönland subsp. glabra Toelken | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Crassula garibina Marloth & Schönland subsp. glabra Toelken | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Tölken, H.R. 1975. New taxa and new combination in the genus Crassula. Journal of South African Botany 41(2):93-124.
Tölken, H.R. 1985. Crassulaceae. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 14,1:1-244. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Crassula garibina Marloth & Schönland subsp. glabra Toelken. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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