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Scientific Name | Anthospermum streyi Puff |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUBIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/07/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A habitat specialist that occurs in a sheltered habitat among rocks where it is unlikely to be affected by too frequent and intense fire, cultivation or grazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Pondoland endemic, Oribi Gorge to Cutweni. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld |
Description | Sheets of exposed Msikaba Formation Sandstone rock in Pondoland coastal grassland, at the edges of cliffs and along forest margins, 100-600 m. |
Threats |
| Occurs in a sheltered habitat among rocks where it is unlikely to be affected by too frequent and intense fire, cultivation or grazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Anthospermum streyi Puff | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Anthospermum streyi Puff | VU B1B2bcd,D2 | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Anthospermum streyi Puff | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
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. 2008. Anthospermum streyi Puff. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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