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Scientific Name | Crassula streyi Toelken |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CRASSULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/02 |
Assessor(s) | C.R. Scott-Shaw, A.T.D. Abbott, L. von Staden, D. Styles, J.E. Victor & N.A. Helme |
Justification | Known from fewer than five sites, restricted to a specific and inaccessible habitat in Pondoland, not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Oribi Gorge to Mkambati. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Scarp Forest, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld |
Description | Msikaba formation and sandstone cliffs in scarp forest, 200-600 m. |
Threats |
| Although this charismatic species potentially could be threatened by collectors, it is not suspected to be declining due to its habitat being inaccessible. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in Oribi Gorge and Mkambati Nature Reserves. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Crassula streyi Toelken | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Crassula streyi Toelken | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Crassula streyi Toelken | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Crassula streyi Toelken | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
Tölken, H.R. 1985. Crassulaceae. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 14,1:1-244. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Scott-Shaw, C.R., Abbott, A.T.D., von Staden, L., Styles, D., Victor, J.E. & Helme, N.A. 2007. Crassula streyi Toelken. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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