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Scientific Name | Dischisma fruticosum (L.f.) Rolfe |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Hebenstretia fruticosa L.f. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/04 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from the type collection made by Wallich in 1842. The site is difficult to pinpoint as it reads Lambert's or Alexander Kloof. We suspect that this species is from the Paleisheuwel area in the sandveld, where there has been extensive habitat loss to potato cultivation. Not enough is known about the distribution, habitat, and current status of the population to assess this species. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Lambert's Bay to Piketberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandy soils. |
Threats |
| Unknown, possibly threatened by habitat loss to potato cultivation. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dischisma fruticosum (L.f.) Rolfe | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.
Roessler, H. 1979. Revision der Gattungen Hebenstretia L. und Dischisma Choisy (Scrophulariaceae - Selagineae). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 15:1-160.
Rolfe, R.A. 1901. Selagineae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis V Section I (Acanthaceae-Proteaceae):95-180. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Dischisma fruticosum (L.f.) Rolfe. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/18 |
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