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Scientific Name | Psoralea vanberkelae C.H.Stirt., A.Bello & Muasya |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Common Names | Nicky's Fountainbush (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/04 |
Assessor(s) | N. van Berkel, A. Bello, C.H. Stirton, S.B.M. Chimphango, M. Muasya, D. van der Colff & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 3 km², and two known locations where it is potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Coastal cliffs south-west of Plettenberg Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Quartzite outcrops in South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos. |
Threats |
This species is restricted to a narrow strip of sandstone fynbos remaining above coastal cliffs. It is likely to have declined due to habitat loss to crop cultivation and coastal development in the past, but most of the remaining habitat is privately protected, and habitat loss has ceased. Parts of the area is however infested with alien invasive plants, but these are being cleared on an ongoing basis (D. Turner pers. obs.). The survival of this species is dependent on the ongoing protection of its habitat, as well as continued management of alien invasive plants spreading from neighbouring properties. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Psoralea vanberkelae C.H.Stirt., A.Bello & Muasya | VU D2 | 2015.1 | |
Bibliography |
Bello, A., Stirton, C.H., Chimphango, S.B.M. and Muasya, A.M. 2015. Psoralea diturnerae and P. vanberkelae (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): two new species restricted to the Core Cape Region of South Africa. PhytoKeys 44:97-107.
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Citation |
van Berkel, N., Bello, A., Stirton, C.H., Chimphango, S.B.M., Muasya, M., van der Colff, D. & von Staden, L. 2015. Psoralea vanberkelae C.H.Stirt., A.Bello & Muasya. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/11/05 |