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Scientific Name | Selago polycephala Otto ex Walp. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Walafrida polycephala (Otto ex Walp.) Rolfe (in part), Walafrida witbergensis (E.Mey.) Rolfe (in part) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/12 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Confined to the area along the Swartkops River between Uitenhage and Port Elizabeth. Last collected in 1967, all historical sites are either completely transformed or currently under dense stands of invasive alien plants. It is highly likely that this species is extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Uitenhage to Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Motherwell Karroid Thicket |
Description | Probably grows on sand hills and in other sandy places up to 50 m. |
Threats |
| Selago polycephala is highly likely to be extinct due to the area where it was last collected in 1967 being entirely transformed and degraded due to industrial and urban expansion and alien plant invasion. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Selago polycephala Otto ex Walp. | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | 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.
Hilliard, O.M. 1999. The tribe Selagineae (Scrophulariaceae). Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh/Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh/Kew.
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. 2015. Selago polycephala Otto ex Walp. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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