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Scientific Name | Corchorus psammophilus Codd |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MALVACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2013/05/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 32 km²), known from four locations and potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Lephalale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Limpopo Sweet Bushveld |
Description | Sandy flats in open Terminalia sericea veld. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining - one subpopulation occurs just north of a large coal mine. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Corchorus psammophilus Codd | VU D2 | 2014.1 | | Corchorus psammophilus Codd | Threatened | 2013.1 | | Corchorus psammophilus Codd | Threatened | 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.
Wild, H. 1984. Tiliaceae. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 21 Part 1:1-44. Botanical Research Institue, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2013. Corchorus psammophilus Codd. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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