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Scientific Name | Agathosma pubigera Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Hartogia pubigera Kuntze |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2016/10/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare, range-restricted habitat specialist (EOO 445 km²), but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Northern Cederberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Well-drained, deep sandy soils in arid fynbos and fynbos-succulent karoo ecotones. |
Threats |
| A small proportion (<5%) of this species' habitat has been ploughed for rooibos tea cultivation, and sporadic losses are ongoing. The majority of remaining subpopulations are however protected within the Cederberg Wilderness Area, and are not threatened. |
Population |
Plants occur in small subpopulations in suitable habitat. There are few threats to this species, and the population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma pubigera Sond. | Rare | 2017.1 | | Agathosma pubigera Sond. | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.
Sonder, W. 1859. Rutaceae. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis I (Ranunculaceae-Connaraceae):369-442. Hodges, Smith and Co., Dublin.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Agathosma pubigera Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/17 |
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