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Scientific Name | Crassula peculiaris (Toelken) Toelken & Wickens |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Synonyms | Crassula expansa Dryand. subsp. peculiaris Toelken |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/07/06 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & N.A. Helme |
Justification | A high altitude, range-restricted endemic (EOO<200 km²) that grows under rocks and is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Swartberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartberg Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos, South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Grows in moist places in the shade of rocks at an altitude above 1500 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Crassula peculiaris (Toelken) Toelken & Wickens | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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. 1985. Crassulaceae. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 14,1:1-244. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Helme, N.A. 2006. Crassula peculiaris (Toelken) Toelken & Wickens. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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