Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Rhinephyllum obliquum L.Bolus
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
AIZOACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic
Assessment Date
2019/10/27
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo
Justification
A poorly known species recorded only from one specimen collected in 1936 in the central Karoo. The genus Rhinephyllum requires taxonomic re-evaluation.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Fraserburg, near Luttig.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Nama Karoo
Description
Ecology unknown.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Rhinephyllum obliquum L.BolusLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Magee, A.R. and Boatwright, J.S. (eds). In prep. Plants of the Karoo: A Conspectus of the Nama-Karoo and Adjacent Summer-Rainfall Regions of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces. Strelitzia.


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
Raimondo, D. 2019. Rhinephyllum obliquum L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/03

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