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Scientific Name | Selago pinea Link |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Selago fruticosa of other authors, not of L.: Rolfe (1901) (in part), Selago fruticulosa Rolfe (in part) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/14 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO <600 km², known from three locations: Caledon Swartberg, Shaw's Pass and Nachwacht farm near Bredasdorp. The Nachwacht subpopulation has probably been lost to crop cultivation. The remaining locations are both severely threatened by alien plant invasion and the Caledon subpopulation is potentially threatened by urban expansion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Caledon and Bredasdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Central Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Western Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos |
Description | Edge of vleis in renosterveld. |
Threats |
| Most of this species' habitat has already been transformed for wheat cultivation and only a few small fragments remain. Remaining subpopulations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to crop cultivation and urban expansion and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Selago pinea Link | 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 |
| Raimondo, D. 2007. Selago pinea Link. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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