Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Thesium frisea L. var. thunbergii A.DC.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
SANTALACEAE
Synonyms
Thesium crassifolium R.Br., not of Sond. (1857), Thesium crassifolium Sond., Thesium fragile Link ex A.DC., Thesium sedifolium A.DC. ex Levyns
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2006/06/30
Assessor(s)
F. Cholo
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Thesium sedifolium A.DC. ex LevynsLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Thesium frisea L. var. thunbergii A.DC.Least Concern 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.


Visser, N., le Roux, M.M. and van Wyk, B.-E. 2018. A taxonomic revision of the Thesium goetzeanum species complex (Santalaceae) from Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland. South African Journal of Botany 119 45-62.


Citation
Cholo, F. 2006. Thesium frisea L. var. thunbergii A.DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/24

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