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Scientific Name | Tylecodon longipes Van Jaarsv. & G.Will. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CRASSULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/12 |
Assessor(s) | E.J. van Jaarsveld, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted Richtersveld endemic known from one site. Not threatened due to inaccessibility of its habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Richtersveld near Lekkersing. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland |
Description | Wedged among quartzitic rocks on cliffs and steep south-facing slopes. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tylecodon longipes Van Jaarsv. & G.Will. | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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. and Williamson, G. 1994. Tylecodon longipes (Crassulaceae), a new species from the south-central Richtersveld (North-western Cape Province). Aloe 31(3/4):56-58.
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. and Koutnik, D. 2004. Cotyledon and Tylecodon. Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| van Jaarsveld, E.J., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2015. Tylecodon longipes Van Jaarsv. & G.Will. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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