Cephalaria decurrens (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult. (1818:50)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Scabiosa decurrens Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 28 (1794); Lepicephalus decurrens (Thunb.) Lag. in Gen. Sp. Pl.: 8 (1816), comb. not made.; Succisa decurrens Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 379 (1824); Scabiosa ustulata Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 29 (1794); Lepicephalus ustulatus (Thunb.) Lag. in Gen. Sp. Pl.: 8 (1816), comb. not made.; Cephalaria ustulata (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 3: 43 (1818); Pycnocomon ustulatum (Thunb.) Wallr. in Sched. Crit.: 46 (1822)
Conservation Status
Last record: early 1800's (Napper, 1968:469)
Rediscovered on 18 November 1970 (Manning et al., 2014) or earlier
Distribution
Bokkeveld Escarpment, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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.
Helme, N. A., Raimondo, D. and von Staden, L. (2015). Cephalaria decurrens (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/11/11.
Manning, J. C., Goldblatt, P. and Johns, A. (2014). A taxonomic review of Cephalaria (Dipsacaceae) in the Cape Floristic Region. South African Journal of Botany 94: 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2014.07.004
Napper, D. M. (1968). Notes on Some Tropical and South African Dipsacaceae. Kew Bulletin 21(3): 463-470. https://doi.org/10.2307/4107931
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, pp. 93-120. In: Golding, J. S. (ed.). Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14. Pretoria: SABONET.
Williams, V. L., Victor, J. E. and Crouch, N. R. (2013). Red Listed medicinal plants of South Africa: Status, trends, and assessment challenges. South African Journal of Botany 86: 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2013.01.006
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