Pleiospilos simulans (Marloth) N.E.Br. (1926:89)
Liver quaggafig
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Mesembryanthemum simulans Marloth in Trans. S. African Philos. Soc. 18: 43 (1907)
Conservation Status
Last wild record: 2000 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Since Rediscovered in the Wild (von Staden, 2022)
Still listed as Extinct in the Wild by (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024).
Distribution
Graaff-Reinet to Willowmore, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Bredenkamp, C. L. (2019). A flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2024). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]
Germishuizen, G. and Meyer, N. L. (eds.). (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Hammer, S. and Liede, S. (1991). Hybridisation in the Mesembs. Veld & Flora 77(1):14-15.
Hartmann, H. and Liede, S. (1986). Die Gattung Pleiospilos s. lat. (Mesembryanthemaceae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 106(4):433-485.
Hilton-Taylor, Craig (ed.). (1996). Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. Pretoria: South African National Botanical Institute.
Le Roux, Johannes J., Hui, C., Castillo, M. L., Iriondo, J. M., Keet, J.-H., Khapugin, A. A., Médail, F., Rejmánek, M., Theron, G. Yannelli, F. A. and Hirsch, H. (2019). Recent Anthropogenic Plant Extinctions Differ in Biodiversity Hotspots and Coldspots. Current Biology 29(17): 2912-2918.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.063
Martin, M. (1989). Pleiospilos simulans. British Cactus & Succulent Journal 7(3): 80-80.
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 8 November 2024]
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.
von Staden, L. (2016). Pleiospilos simulans (Marloth) N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/05/30.
von Staden, L. (2022). Pleiospilos simulans (Marloth) N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version. Accessed on 2024/11/08.