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Scientific Name | Sterculia alexandri Harv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MALVACEAE |
Common Names | Cape Star-chestnut (e), Kaapse Sterkastaiing (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/07 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor, A.E. van Wyk & E.J. van Jaarsveld |
Justification | A range-restricted, but locally common species (EOO 480 km²), known from five subpopulations. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species occurs from Groendal Nature Reserve to Kouga Dam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Vanstadens Forest Thicket, Sundays Valley Thicket, Sundays Mesic Thicket, Elands Forest Thicket |
Description | Plants grow in sandstone slopes in fynbos. |
Threats |
| Kouga dam construction is no longer a threat (EvJ). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Sterculia alexandri Harv. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Sterculia alexandri Harv. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Sterculia alexandri Harv. | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E., van Wyk, A.E. & van Jaarsveld, E.J. 2007. Sterculia alexandri Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/23 |
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