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Scientific Name | Selago centralis Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/11/11 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Selago centralis is a widespread species, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 96 543 km². The population is not declining, and is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa and is found in South-eastern Namibia through Bushmanland and along Roggeveld Escarpment to the eastern Great Karoo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Koedoesberge-Moordenaars Karoo, Eastern Upper Karoo, Upper Karoo Hardeveld, Gamka Karoo, Bushmanland Basin Shrubland |
Description | It occurs in open sites in sandy and stony soils. |
Threats |
| There are no significant threats to Selago centralis. |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Selago centralis Hilliard | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Magee, A.R. and Boatwright, J.S. (eds). In prep. Plants of the Karoo: A Conspectus of the Nama-Karoo and Adjacent Summer-Rainfall Regions of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces. Strelitzia.
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. 2019. Selago centralis Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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