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Scientific Name | Selago baurii (Hiern) Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Phyllopodium baurii Hiern, Polycarena baurii (Hiern) Levyns |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/13 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from one location and potentially threatened by afforestation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Transkei, Baziya Mountain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland |
Description | Montane grassland, in scrub at upper limits of forest, 1600 m. |
Threats |
| Much of the area where this species has been recorded is afforested, and subpopulations are potentially threatened by further habitat loss to forestry plantations. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Selago baurii (Hiern) Hilliard | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Selago baurii (Hiern) Hilliard | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Selago baurii (Hiern) Hilliard | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hiern, W.P. 1904. Scrophulariaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis IV Section II (Hydrophyllaceae to Pedalineae):121-420. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
Hilliard, O.M. 1990. A brief survey of Scrophulariaceae-Selagineae. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(3):315-343.
Hilliard, O.M. 1999. The tribe Selagineae (Scrophulariaceae). Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh/Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh/Kew.
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.
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. Selago baurii (Hiern) Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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