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Scientific Name | Selago eckloniana Choisy |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Selago elata Choisy, Selago pinea Drège |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/03/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Selago eckloniana has a restricted distribution range, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 15 181 km². It has no severe threats, and is therefore not in danger of extinction. It is listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Little Karoo in South Africa, where it is found from Robertson to Uniondale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Little Karoo, Robertson Karoo, Eastern Little Karoo, Breede Shale Renosterveld, Montagu Shale Renosterveld, Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld, Langkloof Shale Renosterveld, Swartberg Shale Renosterveld, Willowmore Gwarrieveld, Western Gwarrieveld, Oudshoorn Karroid Thicket, Mons Ruber Fynbos Thicket |
Description | It occurs on rocky hills and lower mountain slopes in renosterveld and karroid shrubland. |
Threats |
| Selago eckloniana is not browsed by livestock (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok 2010). |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Selago eckloniana Choisy | Least Concern | 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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2020. Selago eckloniana Choisy. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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