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Scientific Name | Pseudoselago quadrangularis (Choisy) Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Selago decumbens Choisy (later homonym), not of Thunb. (1800), Selago fasciculata L. var. hirta Choisy (not of L.f.) E.Mey., Selago hirta Choisy, Selago hirta of other authors, not of L.f.: Choisy (1823), Selago quadrangularis Choisy, Rolfe (1901) (in part) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/17 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, P.F. Matlamela & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | A range-restricted endemic occurring on lower slopes of the Skurweberg (EOO 150 km²), known from fewer than five subpopulations, this species has no recorded threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Skurweberg, South of Ceres. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Hex Sandstone Fynbos, Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Breede Shale Fynbos, Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Lower rocky sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pseudoselago quadrangularis (Choisy) Hilliard | Rare | 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.
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., Matlamela, P.F. & Kamundi, D.A. 2008. Pseudoselago quadrangularis (Choisy) Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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