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Scientific Name | Selago psammophila Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Selago polystachya of other authors, not of L.: Rolfe (1901) (in part) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/09/28 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO<3500 km², likely to be extant at less than five locations. Its habitat has been severely transformed by crop cultivation, alien plant invasion and housing development, loss is ongoing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Graafwater to Blouberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Hopefield Sand Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos |
Description | Coastal fynbos on white sand. |
Threats |
| Coastal flats within this species' range are rapidly being lost to expanding crop cultivation (particularly in the Sandveld), urban expansion on the northern edges of Cape Town, and coastal development between Bloubergstrand and the Vredenburg Peninsula. Sand fynbos across this species' range is also densely infested with alien invasive plants, which are outcompeting native species. |
Population |
This species is known from very few records, and was last recorded in 1970, when Acocks reported it to be very rare in coastal sand fynbos. Continuing population decline is inferred from rapid, ongoing loss of sand fynbos across this species' range.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Selago psammophila Hilliard | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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 |
| Turner, R.C. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Selago psammophila Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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