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Scientific Name | Blepharis inermis (Nees) C.B.Clarke |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ACANTHACEAE |
Synonyms | Acanthodium capense (L.f.) Nees (in part), Acanthodium capense (L.f.) Nees var. inermis Nees |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/01 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Known from three locations its alluvial habitat is potentially threatened as it is targeted for crop cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Ladismith to Garcia's Pass. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Little Karoo, Little Karoo Quartz Vygieveld |
Description | Open karoo shrubland in dry, sandy riverbeds. |
Threats |
| Alluvial sands within this species' range are already about 30% transformed for agriculture, although no subpopulations have been affected yet. Although not currently expanding, further habitat loss to agriculture is a potential threat. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Blepharis inermis (Nees) C.B.Clarke | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Blepharis inermis (Nees) C.B.Clarke | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Blepharis inermis (Nees) C.B.Clarke | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2007. Blepharis inermis (Nees) C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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