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Scientific Name | Brownanthus marlothii (Pax) Schwantes |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Brownanthus solutifolius (A.Berger) H.Jacobsen, Mesembryanthemum marlothii Pax, 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 (national EOO 50 km²), but locally abundant species that is resilient to disturbance and therefore not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Spencer Bay to Alexander Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert |
Description | Gravelly plains in the coastal fog belt of the southern Namib and northern Richtersveld. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to mining and urban expansion. |
Population |
Although this taxon loses 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 |
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. Brownanthus marlothii (Pax) Schwantes. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/05/16 |
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