Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Stapelia divaricata Masson
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
APOCYNACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2008/03/29
Assessor(s)
S.P. Bester & D. Raimondo
Justification
Known from two locations. It has lost habitat in the past, and there remains a potential threat of loss due to future crop cultivation and livestock grazing pressure.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
East of Swellendam.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Cape Lowland Alluvial Vegetation
Description
Grows on steep, north-facing slopes, usually tightly wedged between stones and small bushes on exposed shale outcrops.
Threats
Habitat degradation, Habitat loss
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Stapelia divaricata MassonVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Stapelia divaricata MassonVulnerable Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Stapelia divaricata MassonVulnerable Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Bruyns, P.V. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar. (Vol. 1, pp. 1-330). Umdaus Press, Pretoria.


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.


Leach, L.C. 1985. A Revision of Stapelia L. (Asclepiadaceae). In: Excelsa Taxonomic Series 3 (pp. 1-157), The Aloe, Cactus and Succulent Society of Zimbabwe, Harare.


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.


Citation
Bester, S.P. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Stapelia divaricata Masson. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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