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Scientific Name | Othonna papaveroides Hutch. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/29 |
Assessor(s) | P.P.J. Herman & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Last collected in 1933. Herbarium specimen labels are insufficiently detailed to determine the habitat of this species and therefore its threat status cannot be determined. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Gifberg and Nardous Mountain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Unknown. |
Threats |
| Unknown. Whether or not this species is threatened depends on the exact habitat, if it occurs on deep sands it may be threatened by rooibos tea cultivation. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Othonna papaveroides Hutch. | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Othonna papaveroides Hutch. | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Othonna papaveroides Hutch. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Othonna papaveroides Hutch. | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Herman, P.P.J. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Othonna papaveroides Hutch. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/05/20 |
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