- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Bovista capensis (Fr.) J.C. Coetzee & A.E. van Wyk
- Scientific name
- Bovista capensis
- Author
- (Fr.) J.C. Coetzee & A.E. van Wyk
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Agaricaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Mikael Jeppson
- Comments etc.
- Mikael Jeppson
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Lycoperdon capense Fr.(1848) (Holotype UPS, Zeyher 106[a]) was cited as the holotype for B. promontorii Kreisel (1967). Coetzee & van Wyk (2005) transferred L. capense to Bovista and B. capensis is now the current name for this South African taxon. It belongs in the hitherto unresolved Bovista aestivalis species complex. According to Kreisel (1967) a South African vicariant species of B. aestivalis.
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Due to its ambiguous taxonomic status it cannot currently be evaluated.
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Geographic range
Due to taxonomic issues it is currently not possible to unambiguously map its world distribution. There are records of B. capensis and its synonym B. promontorii from several continents, but they all need revision as soon as the taxonomy of the B. aestivalis complex has been resolved. (see Rebriev et al. 2020 for a taxonomic discussion)
Population and Trends
No data
Population Trend:
Habitat and Ecology
No data
Threats
Conservation Actions
Research needed
Use and Trade
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Country occurrence
Regional Population and Trends
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