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Scientific Name | Tylecodon tenuis (Toelken) Bruyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Synonyms | Cotyledon pygmaea W.F.Barker var. tenuis Toelken, Tylecodon pygmaeus (W.F.Barker) Toelken var. tenuis (Toelken) Toelken, Tylecodon scandens Van Jaarsv. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/09/25 |
Assessor(s) | E.J. van Jaarsveld & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A habitat specialist, with no known threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Knersvlakte. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld, Southern Namaqualand Quartzite Klipkoppe Shrubland |
Description | Quartz gravel flats. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tylecodon scandens Van Jaarsv. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Tylecodon tenuis (Toelken) Bruyns | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Tylecodon tenuis (Toelken) Bruyns | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Eggli, U. (ed). 2003. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Crassulaceae. Springer, Berlin.
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. and Koutnik, D. 2004. Cotyledon and Tylecodon. Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| van Jaarsveld, E.J. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Tylecodon tenuis (Toelken) Bruyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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