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Scientific Name | Zaluzianskya pilosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Zaluzianskya maritima (L.f.) Walp. var. pubens Hiern |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/17 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread, disjunct distribution and morphological variation point to probable taxonomic problems within this species concept. If taxonomy were to be resolved to indicate that this species is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal, the assessment would be VU or EN. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, Nkandla and Vryheid. One record from the Wolkberg in Limpopo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Rocky grassland. |
Threats |
| Threatened by habitat destruction as a result of urban development, forestry and overgrazing in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands (C.R. Scott-Shaw pers. comm.) Severe overgrazing of grasslands is also prevalent in the Vryheid district (I. Johnson pers. comm.). It is not threatened in Limpopo, where it is protected in the Wolkberg Wilderness Area. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Zaluzianskya pilosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Zaluzianskya pilosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2007. Zaluzianskya pilosa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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