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Scientific Name | Mesembryanthemum marlothii Pax |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Brownanthus marlothii (Pax) Schwantes, Brownanthus solutifolius (A.Berger) H.Jacobsen, Mesembryanthemum solutifolium A.Berger, Psilocaulon marlothii (Pax) Friedrich, Trichocyclus marlothii (Pax) N.E.Br. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/17 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, P.C.V. Van Wyk & C. Klak |
Justification | A range-restricted, but locally abundant species that has a national extent of occurrence (EOO) of 50 km². It is resilient to disturbance and therefore not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species is found from Spencer Bay to Alexander Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert |
Description | Plants grow on gravelly plains in the coastal fog belt of the southern Namib and northern Richtersveld. |
Threats |
| It is threatened by habitat loss to mining and urban expansion. |
Population |
Although this taxon has lost habitat to mining and coastal urban development, it is an extremely resilient pioneer species, always one of the first to recolonize disturbed areas and old mine dumps. The overall population is therefore not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brownanthus marlothii (Pax) Schwantes | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Klak, C., Bruyns, P.V. and Hedderson, T.A.J. 2007. A phylogeny and new classification for Mesembryanthemoideae (Aizoaceae). Taxon 56(3):737-756.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D., Van Wyk, P.C.V. & Klak, C. 2015. Mesembryanthemum marlothii Pax. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/12/07 |
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