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Scientific Name | Streptocarpus breviflos (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Synonyms | Streptocarpus saundersii Hook. var. breviflos C.B.Clarke |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2016/10/07 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | The only known collection of this species resembles Streptocarpus sandersonii, but S. sandersonii is a coastal species, while this species is reported to have been found in the Free State (Hilliard and Burtt 1971). It is possibly a mistaken locality, as plants were in cultivation prior to its description. This species is too poorly known to assess its risk of extinction, and probably does not warrant recognition as a separate taxon. Hilliard and Burtt (1971) did not synonymise the species due to uncertainty around its origin and a lack of good herbarium specimens, but placed it under excluded and doubtful names. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Free State |
Range | Unknown, the type specimen indicates that it was collected at an unspecified locality in the Free State, but this may be a mistake (Hilliard and Burtt 1971). |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Description | Unknown. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Streptocarpus breviflos (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Clarke, C.B. 1904. Gesneraceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis IV Section II (Hydrophyllaceae to Pedalineae):437-447. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1971. Streptocarpus: an African plant study. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Streptocarpus breviflos (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/08/22 |
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