Serruria furcellata R.Br. (1810:118)
Kraaifontain spiderhead
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Protea furcellata (R.Br.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 571 (1816); Serruria diffusa R.Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 115 (1810); Protea brownii Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 570 (1816); Leucadendron glomeratum L. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 285 (1856)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1985 (source)
Rediscovered in 2004 (Araya et al., 2009:14)
The species was down to one wild plant in 2005 (Raimondo et al., 2013:7).
Distribution
South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Raimondo, D., Grieve, K., Helme, N., Koopman, R. and Ebrahim, I. (2013). Plants in Peril. Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute. viii + 208 pp.
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.
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Rebelo, A. G., Raimondo, D., von Staden, L. and Gibbs, D. (2020b). Serruria furcellata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T113237808A185558823. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113237808A185558823.en. Accessed on 31 March 2024.
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Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.
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