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Scientific Name | Tylecodon ellaphieae Van Jaarsv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Synonyms | Tylecodon cremnophilus Bruyns |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/12 |
Assessor(s) | P.M. Burgoyne, E.J. van Jaarsveld & L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 6 km²), but locally abundant habitat specialist that is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Central mountains of the Richtersveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Rosyntjieberg Succulent Shrubland, Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland |
Description | Crevices on south-facing quartzite cliffs. |
Population |
A localized habitat specialist, but very common in suitable habitat (Bruyns 1990).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tylecodon ellaphieae Van Jaarsv. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Tylecodon ellaphieae Van Jaarsv. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P.V. 1990. New taxa from the arid regions of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 56(1):125-132.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. 1989. Tylecodon ellaphieae. Flowering Plants of Africa 50(2):t. 1983.
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. and Koutnik, D. 2004. Cotyledon and Tylecodon. Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
Williamson, G. 1992. A new species of Tylecodon (Crassulaceae) from Namibia and a new variety from the Richtersveld in South Africa. Aloe 29(3-4):60-63.
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Citation |
| Burgoyne, P.M., van Jaarsveld, E.J. & von Staden, L. 2015. Tylecodon ellaphieae Van Jaarsv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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