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Scientific Name | Selago trichophylla Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Selago glutinosa of other authors, not of E.Mey.: Rolfe (1901) (in part) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2017/07/14 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted, and very poorly known species, last recorded in 1956. Its specific habitat requirements are not well understood. If it occurs on rocky mountain slopes, it is unlikely to be threatened, but if it also occurs on lower slopes and flats in the Hex River Valley it is likely to be severely threatened or possibly even extinct due to habitat loss to vineyards. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in Hex River Valley near De Doorns. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Robertson Karoo, Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld, Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow on rocky, south-facing mountain slopes, 425-900 m. |
Threats |
| It is rare and poorly known, and most collections have imprecise locality descriptions, which makes inferences about threats likely to impact the population difficult. Altitudes recorded on specimens suggest that it occurs at mid to low altitudes, and therefore it is likely to have lost habitat to vineyards in the Hex River Valley around De Doorns. |
Population |
This species is known from only a few collections, and was last recorded in 1956. Subpopulations within the Hex River Valley are now possibly locally extinct due to habitat loss to vineyards. At one locality, where the species was last recorded in 1921, intact habitat still remains, but the status, size and trends of the population is not known.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Selago trichophylla Hilliard | DDD | 2020.1 | | Selago trichophylla Hilliard | Rare | 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 |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Selago trichophylla Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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