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Scientific Name | Jamesbrittenia major (Pilg.) Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Lyperia major Pilg., Sutera major (Pilg.) Range |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare and poorly known species, last collected in 1930. It is possibly threatened, but may also be overlooked, but based on currently available data, its risk of extinction cannot be assessed. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Southern Namibia and the Richtersveld, Northern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Dry riverbeds and mountain slopes. |
Threats |
| This species is possibly threatened due to severe overgrazing in South Africa. In Namibia it is not threatened. |
Population |
This species has a limited range in southern Namibia, where it occurs largely within the Ai-Ais National Park. In South Africa, this species is rare and poorly known, and was last collected in 1930.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Jamesbrittenia major (Pilg.) Hilliard | Data Deficient | 2015.1 | | Jamesbrittenia major (Pilg.) Hilliard | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. 1992. New names and combinations in Jamesbrittenia (Scrophulariaceae - Manuleae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 49(2):225-233.
Hilliard, O.M. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Jamesbrittenia major (Pilg.) Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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