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Scientific Name | Nemesia fourcadei A.L.Grant ex K.E.Steiner |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2011/03/17 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 55 km²) annual known from only three collections, two from areas now highly transformed. It is not known whether this species is merely overlooked, or whether it is indeed very rare. Not enough is known at present about the subpopulation structure and resilience of this species to disturbance to determine its status. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Nature's Valley to Kareedouw. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Fynbos |
Description | Grassy areas among forest margins, or in clearings among shale fynbos. |
Threats |
| One confirmed location is within a nature reserve where the species is not threatened. Two very old historical records are from sites now transformed by forestry plantations and crop cultivation, at one site habitat loss to crop cultivation appears to be continuing. |
Population |
An apparently very rare species, known from only three collections, it may however be overlooked. Two very old historical records are from sites now highly transformed, and it is not known whether subpopulations at these sites remain or not. However, as an annual herb preferring clearings among taller vegetation, this species might be favoured by disturbance. Not enough is known about plants' response to habitat disturbance to determine population trends.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Nemesia fourcadei K.E.Steiner | Data Deficient | 2011.1 | |
Bibliography |
Steiner, K.E. 2010. Two new species of Nemesia (Scrophulariaceae) from the southern Cape, south Africa. Bothalia 40(2):161-166.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Raimondo, D. 2011. Nemesia fourcadei A.L.Grant ex K.E.Steiner. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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