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Scientific Name | Chaenostoma multiramosum (Hilliard) Kornhall |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Sutera multiramosa Hilliard |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2008/05/31 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 400 km², AOO <400 km², five to 10 suspected locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to crop cultivation, coastal development and heavy mineral sand mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Olifants River to Lambert's Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Strandveld |
Description | Sand among rock outcrops. |
Threats |
| This species is experiencing ongoing decline of habitat to crop cultivation, coastal development and heavy mineral sand mining. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Chaenostoma multiramosum (Hilliard) Kornhall | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Sutera multiramosa Hilliard | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Kornhall, P. and Bremer, B. 2005. New circumscription of the tribe Limoselleae (Scrophulariaceae) that includes the taxa of the tribe Manuleeae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 147(3):385-386.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. 2008. Chaenostoma multiramosum (Hilliard) Kornhall. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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