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Scientific Name | Ruschia mariae L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/10/27 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from fewer than 10 herbarium records (extent of occurrence 50 078 km²), this species appears to have a wide distribution and it is not likely to be declining across its range, it is also suspected to be undercollected. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Sutherland, Colesberg to Steytlerville, Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nama Karoo |
Description | Amongst stones on doleritic soils. |
Threats |
| There has been some loss of habitat to crop cultivation in the Roggeveld as well as degradation of habitat as a result of livestock overgrazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ruschia mariae L.Bolus | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Magee, A.R. and Boatwright, J.S. (eds). In prep. Plants of the Karoo: A Conspectus of the Nama-Karoo and Adjacent Summer-Rainfall Regions of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces. Strelitzia.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. 2019. Ruschia mariae L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/04 |
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