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Scientific Name | Selago beaniana Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/28 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized endemic to the central mountain ranges of the Richtersveld (EOO 662 km²), where it is known from five locations and potentially threatened by overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Richtersveld, Vandersterrberg to Eksteenfontein. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Goariep Mountain Succulent Shrubland, Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland |
Description | Rocky slopes and stony places, from foothills to upper slopes. |
Threats |
| This species occurs in more remote, mountainous areas where overgrazing is not yet such a severe threat, but as the vegetation on lower slopes and flats closer to settlements become increasingly depleted, livestock herds are likely to move into these areas more frequently in future. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Hilliard (1999) mentions a historical collection from the Vanrhynsdorp district, a disjunction of several hundred kilometres from all other known records of this species, which suggest that it is endemic to the Richtersveld. It is likely a misinterpretation of the locality, 'Doornpoort', misplacing it in the Vanrhynsdorp district, when it more likely refers to Doornpoort south of Kuboes. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Selago beaniana Hilliard | VU D2 | 2015.1 | | Selago beaniana Hilliard | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Selago beaniana Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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