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Scientific Name | Selago griquana Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2015/01/16 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali |
Justification | This species is only known from three collections, and is possibly threatened by habitat loss and degradation. However, its distribution range, local abundance and population trend is not known for certain, and therefore its risk of extinction cannot be assessed at present. Field surveys to relocate this species in the wild are urgently required. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | East Griqualand, Mount Currie District. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | East Griqualand Grassland, 1500 m. |
Threats |
| Specific threats to this species is not known, but within its distribution range grasslands are subjected to ongoing loss and degradation, predominantly due to severe overgrazing of communal rangelands. There is also ongoing expansion of crop cultivation around Cedarville. |
Population |
Selago griquana is a very poorly known species, last recorded in 1986 between Cedarville and Swartberg in the Mount Currie District. Two old collections with imprecise locality descriptions suggest that it is possibly more widespread in the Mount Currie District towards Kokstad. This species' distribution range is very poorly explored, and Hilliard (1999) does not comment on local abundance. It is possibly declining due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Selago griquana Hilliard | DDD | 2017.1 | | Selago griquana Hilliard | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Edwards, T.J. 2004. The specimens of Selago, Jamesbrittenia and Sutera at Natal University Herbarium (NU). Bothalia 34(1):27.
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 |
| Mtshali, H. 2015. Selago griquana Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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