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Scientific Name | Selago linearifolia Rolfe |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/14 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from the type locality (Bulshoek), in the Olifants River Valley, where it was collected by Schlechter and again 40 years later by Wall. No habitat information exists for this species and it has not been seen since 1936. The area in which the type was collected has largely been transformed for citrus cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Olifants River Valley, Bulshoek. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Unknown. |
Threats |
| Unknown, but possibly lost to agriculture: more 60 % of the area around Bulshoek has been transformed. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Selago linearifolia Rolfe | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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. Selago linearifolia Rolfe. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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