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Scientific Name | Jamesbrittenia breviflora (Schltr.) Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Chaenostoma breviflorum (Schltr.) Diels, Chaenostoma woodianum Diels, Lyperia breviflora Schltr., Lyperia punicea N.E.Br., Sutera breviflora (Schltr.) Hiern |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/02/28 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Jamesbrittenia breviflora is a widespread and common species. It is declining outside protected areas due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation, but is not yet in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | This species is widespread in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, from Bergville to Maclear. It also occurs in Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Mooi River Highland Grassland, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, East Griqualand Grassland, Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland |
Description | It occurs on rocky slopes in montane grassland. |
Threats |
| About 20% of this species' habitat is irreversibly modified, predominantly due to habitat loss to timber plantations and crop cultivation. There is ongoing loss outside protected areas. Some subpopulations are also threatened by habitat degradation due to overgrazing as well as competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Jamesbrittenia breviflora (Schltr.) Hilliard | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2020. Jamesbrittenia breviflora (Schltr.) Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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