|
Scientific Name | Schistostephium umbellatum (L.f.) K.Bremer & Humphries |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Cotula umbellata L.f., Peyrousea argentea Compton, Peyrousea calycina DC., Peyrousea oxylepis DC. (superfluous name for Cotula umbellata L.f.), Peyrousea umbellata (L.f.) Fourc. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/21 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Montagu to Humansdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Southern Afrotemperate Forest, Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos, South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos, Southern Coastal Forest, Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, Kouga Sandstone Fynbos, South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, Garden Route Granite Fynbos, South Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos, South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Knysna Sand Fynbos |
Description | Dry slopes in sandstone fynbos, forest margins, and sometimes in wetlands. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Schistostephium umbellatum (L.f.) K.Bremer & Humphries | 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.
Harris, T. 2013. A treatment of the African genus Schistostephium (Compositae: Anthemideae). Kew Bulletin 68:107-120.
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.
|
Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Schistostephium umbellatum (L.f.) K.Bremer & Humphries. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/05/20 |
Comment on this assessment
