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Scientific Name | Agathosma glabrata Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Agathosma erecta (J.C.Wendl.) Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. var. glaberrima Schltdl., Agathosma glabrata Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. var. paradoxa Bartl. & H.L.Wendl., Agathosma multicaulis Dummer, Agathosma thyoides G.Don, Hartogia glabrata Kuntze |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2006/07/18 |
Assessor(s) | T. Trinder-Smith, N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 2000 km², three known locations continue to decline due to expanding crop cultivation, urban expansion and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Darling to Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Langebaan Dune Strandveld, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos |
Description | Lowland sand fynbos. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma glabrata Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. | EN B1ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Agathosma glabrata Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. | VU B1B2bcd | Victor (2002) | | Agathosma glabrata Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Bolus Herbarium. The genus Agathosma, specimen data from the Bolus Herbarium Collections database. University of Cape Town, Cape Town. Downloaded on 2007.
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Trinder-Smith, T., Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Agathosma glabrata Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/01 |
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