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Scientific Name | Silene ornata Aiton |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Synonyms | Melandrium ornatum (Ait.) Asch. ex Rohrb., Silene bellidifolia Thunb. (later homonym), not of Juss. ex Jacq. (1777) |
Common Names | Wild Tobacco (e), Wildetabak (a), Wildetwak (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO 19 km², between six and 10 locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to urban and industrial development. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Saldanha Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Limestone Strandveld, Saldanha Granite Strandveld |
Description | Rocky coastal limestone hills. |
Threats |
| This species is threatened by ongoing habitat loss to coastal and industrial development around Saldanha and Jacobsbaai. A subpopulation protected in the Postberg section of the West Coast National Park is not threatened. |
Population |
This species is common in the Postberg section of the West Coast National Park, but threatened and declining elsewhere on the Vredenburg Peninsula (N.A. Helme pers. obs. 2013).
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Silene ornata Aiton | VU B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 2014.1 | | Silene ornata Aiton | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 2013.1 | | Silene ornata Aiton | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the southern African native and naturalized species of Silene L. (Caryophyllaceae). Bothalia 42(2):147-186.
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. & Helme, N.A. 2014. Silene ornata Aiton. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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