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Scientific Name | Jamesbrittenia bergae P.Lemmer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/19 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 4 km², known from one location near Thabazimbi and potentially threatened by the construction of power lines. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Thabazimbi. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Dwaalboom Thornveld |
Description | Mixed bushveld, in crevices on ferricrete outcrops with a southern aspect, 1056-1106m. |
Threats |
| Infrastructure development is a potential threat. Telkom has plans to construct a powerline that would run over all three farms on which this species occurs. |
Population |
Although locally abundant, it appears to be a localized species, known only from the type locality at present.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Jamesbrittenia bergae P.Lemmer | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Lemmer, P. 2003. Jamesbrittenia bergae (Scrophulariaceae), a distinctive new species from Limpopo, South Africa. Bothalia 33(2):141-143.
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. 2007. Jamesbrittenia bergae P.Lemmer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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