Serruria ciliata congesta (R.Br.) Hutch. (year?)
Macassar spiderhead
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Serruria congesta R.Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 123 (1810); Serruria aemula congesta (R. Br.) 1810 <comb not made>
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of S. aemula) (Rebelo et al., 2020a,b) or (synonym of S. aemula) (POWO, 2024) or Extinct (source) or Extinct in the wild (?)
Last record: 1980's (source)
Distribution
South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
Above: specimen in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Photo by Abu Shawka in 2010. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
References
POWO. (2024). Serruria millefolia Knight. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 31 March 2024]
Rebelo, A. G., Raimondo, D., von Staden, L. and van der Merwe, J. (2020a). Serruria aemula Salisb. ex Knight. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version. Accessed on 2024/03/31.
Rebelo, A. G., Raimondo, D., von Staden, L. and van der Merwe, J. (2020b). Serruria aemula. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T113230212A185594112. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113230212A185594112.en. Accessed on 31 March 2024.
https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/2697/serruria-aemula-ssp-congesta
https://www.proteaatlas.org.za/Protea_Atlas_Serruria3.pdf#page=7