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Scientific Name | Hebenstretia fastigiosa Jaroscz |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Hebenstretia macrostylis Schltr. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/05/14 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, P.F. Matlamela, D.A. Kamundi & L. von Staden |
Justification | Hebenstretia fastigiosa is a widespread and common species with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 12 671 km². It is declining in parts of its range, but not yet in danger of extinction. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa, where it occurs from the northern Cederberg to the Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Citrusdal Vygieveld, Saldanha Granite Strandveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Nardouw Sandstone Fynbos, Western Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos, Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos |
Description | It is an annual species occurring on rocky slopes in sandstone and granite fynbos. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations in the Swartland and on the Cape Flats have been fragmented and isolated due to historical land transformation for agriculture. Hebenstretia fastigiosa prefers a micro-habitat that is unsuited to cultivation, and therefore it is not suspected to have declined significantly due to habitat loss to agriculture. Some subpopulation around Cape Town are threatened by habitat loss to urban expansion, but this affects only a small part of the population. |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hebenstretia fastigiosa Jaroscz | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Roessler, H. 1979. Revision der Gattungen Hebenstretia L. und Dischisma Choisy (Scrophulariaceae - Selagineae). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 15:1-160.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D., Matlamela, P.F., Kamundi, D.A. & von Staden, L. 2018. Hebenstretia fastigiosa Jaroscz. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/15 |
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