| Scientific Name | Manulea augei (Hiern) Hilliard | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE | Synonyms | Phyllopodium augei Hiern, Phyllopodium sordidum Hiern, Polycarena augei (Hiern) Levyns, Polycarena sordida (Hiern) Levyns |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Assessment Date | 2013/01/07 | Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, R.C. Turner & L. von Staden | Justification | A rare, range-restricted species (EOO 106 km²), occurring at four to five locations and declining due to habitat loss to development, agriculture, mining and overgrazing. |
Distribution | Endemism | South African endemic | Provincial distribution | Western Cape | Range | Vredenburg Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Saldanha Limestone Strandveld, Saldanha Granite Strandveld | Description | Sandy lowlands on calcrete. |
Threats | | Threatened by habitat loss to coastal development and urban expansion, as well as crop cultivation, overgrazing of small fragments and limestone mining. |
Population | Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Manulea augei (Hiern) Hilliard | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Manulea augei (Hiern) Hilliard | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Polycarena sordida (Hiern) Levyns | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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.
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Citation | | Raimondo, D., Turner, R.C. & von Staden, L. 2013. Manulea augei (Hiern) Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18 |
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