Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Selago congesta Rolfe
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
SCROPHULARIACEAE
Synonyms
Walafrida congesta (Rolfe) Rolfe
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Insufficient Information
Assessment Date
2009/02/19
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo
Justification
Known from a very early collections by Thunberg and Masson, not seen for over 200 years. The precise site is unknown as the type only lists Cape of Good Hope. Not enough is known about the distribution, specific habitat or population status of this species to determine its status.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Western Cape
Range
Unknown.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Description
Unknown.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Selago congesta RolfeData Deficient 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.


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.


Citation
Raimondo, D. 2009. Selago congesta Rolfe. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18

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