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Scientific Name | Manulea florifera Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/18 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO <7400 km², known from fewer than 15 locations. Around 30% of its habitat has been lost to afforestation, loss is ongoing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Southern KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg Mountains and outlying mountains including the Suurberg in East Griqualand as far south as Ngele. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Damp or marshy montane grassland, 1800-2100 m. |
Threats |
| Hilliard 1994: This species must surely occur between Merrivale and the Zuurberg, though its habitat (damp or marshy grasslands between 1500 and 2000 m) is rapidly being destroyed by afforestation. (Hilliard 1994)
More than 30 % of its habitat lost to afforestation and the generation length of this species is unknown, therefore, uncertainty exists around the timeframe of this habitat loss (whether or not it has occurred in the past three generations). |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Manulea florifera Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | NT B1ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Manulea florifera Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Manulea florifera Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2007. Manulea florifera Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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