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Scientific Name | Gasteria tukhelensis Van Jaarsv. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/08/07 |
Assessor(s) | E.J. van Jaarsveld & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A newly described species known from one site. Not threatened as it occurs in a very remote area on cliff faces and is thus not easily accessible. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Tugela River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Thukela Valley Bushveld |
Description | Cliff faces. |
Threats |
| This species occurs in a remote and inaccessible habitat and is not suspected to be threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gasteria tukhelensis Van Jaarsv. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. and Van Wyk, A.E. 2005. Gasteria tukhelensis, a new species from Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Bothalia 35:164-166.
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Citation |
| van Jaarsveld, E.J. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Gasteria tukhelensis Van Jaarsv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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