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Scientific Name | Bowkeria citrina Thode |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | STILBACEAE |
Common Names | Yellow Shell-flower (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2005/09/15 |
Assessor(s) | K.E. Steiner & K. Naidoo |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 277 km²) habitat specialist with no known threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | Southern Mpumalanga and northern KwaZulu-Natal between Groenvlei, Wakkerstroom and Luneburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, Eastern Highveld Grassland |
Description | Forest margins and cliff edges on cool slopes, 1400-1800 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bowkeria citrina Thode | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Bowkeria citrina Thode | VU | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Bowkeria citrina Thode | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
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Citation |
| Steiner, K.E. & Naidoo, K. 2005. Bowkeria citrina Thode. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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