Sorocephalus tenuifolius (Knight) R.Br. (1810:141)
Diminutive clusterhead
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Soranthe tenuifolia Knight in Cult. Prot.: 72 (1809); Protea tenuifolia (Knight) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 577 (1816), nom. illeg.; Scolymocephalus tenuifolius Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 581 (1891); Sorocephalus tenuifolius R.Br. (1810:141) [used by Rebelo et al., 2019]
Conservation Status
Last record: 1983 (Rebelo et al., 2019, 2020); 1985 (Brown, 1999:70); 1987 (source)
Since rediscovered (Brown, 1999:70; source; source)
Distribution
South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Brown, Susan Ann. (1999). Genetic variation within and between some rare and common taxa of Cape Proteaceae and the implications for their conservation. PhD thesis, Rhodes University. [automatic download]
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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.
Hall, A. V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S. A. M. (1980). Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. (ed.). (1996). Red data list of Southern African plants: 1-117. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Manning, J. C. and Goldblatt, P. (2012). Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J. E., Helme, N. A., Turner, R. C., Kamundi, D. A. and Manyama, P. A. (eds). (2009). Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Rebelo, A. G., Raimondo, D. and von Staden, L. (2019). Sorocephalus tenuifolius R.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version. Accessed on 2024/03/31.
Rebelo, A.G., Raimondo, D. and von Staden, L. (2020). Sorocephalus tenuifolius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T113240576A185539523. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113240576A185539523.en. Accessed on 31 March 2024.
Rebelo, T. (2001). Sasol Proteas: A field guide to the proteas of southern Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg, Cape Town.
http://protea.worldonline.co.za/extinct.htm