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Scientific Name | Nemesia suaveolens K.E.Steiner |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/31 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from a restricted area EOO 782 km², but locally very common, especially after good rainfall. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Central Tanqua Karoo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | Sandy flats and dry streambeds. |
Threats |
| This species is potentially vulnerable to livestock overgrazing (Nemesia spp. are highly palatable - J.H. Vlok pers. comm.), and population fluctuations in response to erratic rainfall. Subpopulations are however large and a large proportion is protected within the Tanqua Karoo National Park where it is not threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Nemesia suaveolens K.E.Steiner | Least Concern | 2013.1 | | Nemesia suaveolens K.E.Steiner | Least Concern | 2013.1 | |
Bibliography |
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Steiner, K.E. 2009. Two new species of Nemesia (Scrophulariaceae) from arid areas of the Northern Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 39(1):67-72.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2012. Nemesia suaveolens K.E.Steiner. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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