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Scientific Name | Selago ferruginea Rolfe |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Selago leptostachya E.Mey. var. eckloniana Choisy |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v); C2a(i,ii); D |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/30 |
Assessor(s) | J.H. Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Until 2007 it was known only from the type collection by Ecklon and Zeyher, made in the 1800s. It was rediscovered by Jan Vlok, in the southern Little Karoo in 2007. Despite extensive searches within its habitat only two small fragmented subpopulations were found: one consisting of 35 plants on a road verge (all the vegetation around this subpopulation has been ploughed for wheat and ostrich pasture), and the second in a small remnant of vegetation that has been badly degraded by ostrich grazing and trampling. Only one plant occurs at this subpopulation. There are fewer than 50 mature individuals remaining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Tis species occurs on flats north of the Outeniqua Mountains in the Little Karoo, from Herold to the base of Robinson's Pass. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Little Karoo |
Description | Plants grow in deep, loamy-clay soil in Blossoms Asbos Gwarrieveld vegetation. |
Threats |
| Threats include ploughing for wheat and ostrich farming. Trampling by ostriches is also a threat. Road verge maintenance is an additional threat as the largest subpopulation occurs on a road verge that could be cleared any time for construction purposes. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Selago ferruginea Rolfe | CR B1ab(ii,iii,v); C2a(i,ii); D | 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.
Rolfe, R.A. 1901. Selagineae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis V Section I (Acanthaceae-Proteaceae):95-180. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Vlok, J.H. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Selago ferruginea Rolfe. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/08/19 |
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