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Scientific Name | Acanthopsis hoffmannseggiana (Nees) C.B.Clarke |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ACANTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Acanthodium hoffmannseggianum Nees |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2023/11/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & H.M. Steyn |
Justification | A widespread and variable species that possibly contains several taxa, some of which may be of conservation concern. More research is needed to find reliable distinguishing characters to separate individual taxa. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in southern Namibia and the Bushmanland region of the Northern Cape, also occurring in the Great Karoo between Fraserburg, Beaufort West and Prince Albert. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo |
Description | It grows in sandy plains, stony hillsides and ridges, usually associated with weathered quartzite and granite, but also occurs on mudstone (in Prince Albert area) and limestone (Asbestos Mountains), usually at an elevation between 650 and 1000 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| More research is needed to find reliable distinguishing characters to separate individual taxa. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Acanthopsis hoffmannseggiana (Nees) C.B.Clarke | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 2015.1 | | Acanthopsis hoffmannseggiana (Nees) C.B.Clarke | Least Concern | 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.
Steyn, H.M. and Van Wyk, A.E. 2015. Taxonomic notes on the Acanthopsis disperma-hoffmannseggiana complex (Acanthaceae, tribe Acantheae), with an interim key to members of the genus. Phytotaxa 219(1):1-26.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Steyn, H.M. 2023. Acanthopsis hoffmannseggiana (Nees) C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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