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Scientific Name | Pseudoselago diplotricha Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2018/05/10 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, P.F. Matlamela, D.A. Kamundi & L. von Staden |
Justification | Pseudoselago diplotricha is a range-restricted endemic with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 241 km². It is known from four subpopulations. It has no recorded threats. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found in the Hex River Mountains between Ceres and Matroosberg. It is also found on the Keeromsberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Central Coastal Shale Band Vegetation, Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | It occurs in shale bands on steep upper slopes, 1370-1525 m. |
Threats |
| There are no threats to Pseudoselago diplotricha. |
Population |
This species is locally abundant in suitable habitat (Hilliard 1995). It is most prominent in the first two years following fires.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pseudoselago diplotricha 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.
Hilliard, O.M. 1995. Pseudoselago, a new segregate from Selago. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 52(3):243-332.
Hilliard, O.M. 1999. The tribe Selagineae (Scrophulariaceae). Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh/Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh/Kew.
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. & von Staden, L. 2018. Pseudoselago diplotricha Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/02 |
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