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Scientific Name | Crassula sarmentosa Harv. var. integrifolia Toelken |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CRASSULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/15 |
Assessor(s) | D. Styles, C.R. Scott-Shaw & L. von Staden |
Justification | A habitat specialist known from a few subpopulations. Its habitat of rocky cliffs is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Southern and central KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Northern Coastal Forest, Scarp Forest, Southern Mistbelt Forest, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld |
Description | Kloofs or ravines near forest margins on Natal Group Sandstone. |
Threats |
| The habitat of this species (sheltered cliffs and ravines) is relatively safe from the major threats to natural vegetation (agriculture and urban expansion) within its range, and there is currently no evidence of ongoing decline (D. Styles pers. comm. 2007). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Crassula sarmentosa Harv. var. integrifolia Toelken | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Crassula sarmentosa Harv. var. integrifolia Toelken | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| Styles, D., Scott-Shaw, C.R. & von Staden, L. 2007. Crassula sarmentosa Harv. var. integrifolia Toelken. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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