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Scientific Name | Tylecodon pusillus Bruyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CRASSULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/12 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare and localized habitat specialist (EOO 370 km²), known from four locations and potentially threatened by habitat degradation and trampling due to overstocking of livestock, as well as collecting of mature individuals from the wild for the succulent trade. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Umdaus to Steinkopf. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Umdaus Mountains Succulent Shrubland, Namaqualand Blomveld |
Description | Gentle slopes and flats with quartz or granite gravel. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by collecting for the succulent trade and habitat degradation and trampling due to overstocking of livestock. |
Population |
A rare and poorly known species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tylecodon pusillus Bruyns | VU D2 | 2015.1 | | Tylecodon pusillus Bruyns | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P. 1989. Three new species of Tylecodon (Crassulaceae) from the western Cape. South African Journal of Botany 55(3):332-336.
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. and Koutnik, D. 2004. Cotyledon and Tylecodon. Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Tylecodon pusillus Bruyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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