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Scientific Name | Zaluzianskya distans Hiern |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Zaluzianskya latifolia Schinz ex O.Hoffm. & Muschl. |
Common Names | Sparse-flowered Drumsticks (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2018/06/05 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Zaluzianskya distans is a widespread, but very rare species. It is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species occurs from the Mpumalanga Drakensberg Escarpment near Lydenburg southwards to the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg foothills near Himeville. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Mooi River Highland Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland |
Description | It occurs in damp, partially shaded places in the shelter of rocks or montane scrub and in scrub-filled watercourses. |
Population |
Zaluzianskya distans is a widespread, but very rare species. It is possibly overlooked.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Zaluzianskya distans Hiern | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hiern, W.P. 1904. Scrophulariaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis IV Section II (Hydrophyllaceae to Pedalineae):121-420. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
Hilliard, O.M. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
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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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Zaluzianskya distans Hiern. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/04 |
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