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Scientific Name | Tylecodon cordiformis 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 |
Justification | A rare, localized and poorly known species, but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Port Nolloth district, southern end of the Harrasberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland |
Description | Sheltered rock cracks on rocky mountain slopes. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| This species is very similar to Tylecodon bayeri (Van Jaarsveld and Koutnik 2004), and Snijman (2013) suggests that it should be treated as a synonym of T. bayeri. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tylecodon cordiformis 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.J. and Koutnik, D. 2004. Cotyledon and Tylecodon. Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
Williamson, G. 1998. A new Tylecodon (Crassulaceae) from northern Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Cactus and Succulent Journal 70(5):255-258.
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Citation |
| van Jaarsveld, E.J. & Raimondo, D. 2015. Tylecodon cordiformis G.Will. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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