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Scientific Name | Crassula pellucida L. subsp. spongiosa Toelken |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CRASSULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2005/06/07 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & P.M. Burgoyne |
Justification | A Bokkeveld Escarpment endemic (EOO<500 km²) known from six sites, a few more undiscovered sites within its range are likely to exists. Occurs in sheltered kloofs and so is presumably not threatened by Rooibos tea cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Nieuwoudtville to Calvinia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld, Vanrhynsdorp Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Sandy soil in sheltered kloofs. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Crassula pellucida L. subsp. spongiosa Toelken | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Crassula pellucida L. subsp. spongiosa Toelken | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Crassula pellucida L. subsp. spongiosa Toelken | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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. 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. & Burgoyne, P.M. 2005. Crassula pellucida L. subsp. spongiosa Toelken. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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