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Scientific Name | Thesium ecklonianum Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SANTALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2023/07/26 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner |
Justification | EOO 250 km², AOO<250 km², two remaining locations continue to decline due to habitat loss to urban expansion and crop cultivation, and alien hakea invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Western Cape province and occurs from the Cape Peninsula to Bredasdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Western Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Agulhas Limestone Fynbos, Peninsula Shale Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Agulhas Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in sand flats. |
Threats |
| Threats at the Fairfield subpopulation include Hakea and Pine infestations, as well as agriculture (vineyards). Urbanisation has been named a threat in the Cape Flats, where there is also severe alien infestations. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Only the 1919 Andreae locality from the Kalk Bay mountains is potentially conserved, if still extant there. (R.C. Turner, 26-9-2006). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Thesium ecklonianum Sond. | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C. 2023. Thesium ecklonianum Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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