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Scientific Name | Trichodiadema stayneri L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2016/01/18 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species was last collected in 1960 on the eastern outskirts of Uitenhage. It is quite likely now locally extinct in this area due to habitat loss to urban and industrial development. Other similar habitat in the area has however not yet been thoroughly surveyed for remaining subpopulations, and therefore this species can not yet be classified as Extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Uitenhage. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Sundays Thicket |
Description | Unknown. |
Population |
A very poorly known taxon, last collected in 1960. Surveys of suitable thicket habitat in the Uitenhage district is urgently needed to determine whether any subpopulations survive.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Trichodiadema stayneri L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2019/12/11 |
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