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Scientific Name | Jamesbrittenia megaphylla Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/30 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare and localized species (EOO 5 km²), but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Gariep River Valley around Vioolsdrif. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Northern Nababiepsberge Mountain Desert, Eastern Gariep Rocky Desert |
Description | Rocky places below cliffs on mountain slopes. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Jamesbrittenia megaphylla Hilliard | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Jamesbrittenia megaphylla Hilliard | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
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.
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 megaphylla Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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