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Scientific Name | Berkheya griquana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/06/30 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO < 100 km²), known from fewer than five locations. Potentially threatened by crop cultivation and habitat degradation due to overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg Mountains, near Kokstad. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | East Griqualand Grassland |
Description | Grassland in mountain foothills. Rapidly invades old fields and roadsides (Hilliard and Burtt 1985). |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by crop cultivation and livestock overgrazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Berkheya griquana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Berkheya griquana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1985. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: XI. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 42(2):227-260.
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1988. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: XV. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 45(2):179-223.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| Kamundi, D.A. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Berkheya griquana Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/17 |
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