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
Conservation Status
Extinct (source) or Extinct in the wild (?) or Invalid (synonym of S. aemula) (Rebelo et al., 2020a,b) or (synonym of S. aemula) (POWO, 2024)
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