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Scientific Name | Diascia insignis K.E.Steiner |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/02/15 |
Assessor(s) | K.E. Steiner, S. Todd, E. Marinus & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from three locations and potentially threatened by crop cultivation, livestock grazing, invasive alien grasses and loss of specialist oil collecting bee pollinators due to fragmentation of its habitat. At least 80% of its habitat has been lost to wheat cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld Escarpment. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Dwyka tillite clays. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Diascia insignis K.E.Steiner | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Diascia insignis K.E.Steiner | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
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Citation |
| Steiner, K.E., Todd, S., Marinus, E. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Diascia insignis K.E.Steiner. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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