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Scientific Name | Crassula maputensis R.Fern. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CRASSULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/11/21 |
Assessor(s) | H. Matimele, D. Raimondo & J.E. Burrows |
Justification | A range-restricted Maputaland endemic (EOO 10 156 km²) that has possibly declined somewhat in the past, but most known remaining populations occur in protected areas. As an annual it is also probably somewhat resilient to disturbance, and therefore it is not suspected to be threatened or in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | A Maputaland endemic occurring from False Bay Park in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to Chinhanguanine in Maputo Province, southern Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | An annual or short-lived perennial herb (Fernandez 1983) found on wet sandy or clayey sandy soil in shaded grassland, open forest and thicket. |
Threats |
| There has been some loss of habitat in and around Maputo city in Mozambique and some loss to urban and agricultural development in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The majority of its range is however still intact, and it has been recorded from a number of protected areas including False Bay Park, Ndumo Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is also found in the Maputo Elephant Reserve in Maputo Province, southern Mozambique. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Crassula maputensis R.Fern. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Fernandes, A. 1983. Crassulaceae. In: E. Launert (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 7 (Part1):3-74. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
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.
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Citation |
| Matimele, H., Raimondo, D. & Burrows, J.E. 2016. Crassula maputensis R.Fern. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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