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Scientific Name | Selago diabolica Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/28 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO <10 km², known from a single location where it is declining due to severe overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Richtersveld, Numees and Helskloof. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland |
Description | Rocky slopes. |
Threats |
| This species is threatened by severe overgrazing due to overstocking of livestock, resulting in trampling, erosion, and degradation of its habitat. |
Population |
This species has an extremely limited range, and overgrazing is causing an ongoing population decline across this area.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Selago diabolica Hilliard | CR B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) | 2015.1 | | Selago diabolica Hilliard | Rare | 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 diabolica Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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