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Scientific Name | Ruschia holensis L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2016/01/13 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is only known from the type specimen, collected in 1964. It is very poorly known and quite likely rare. The locality description is not precise enough to infer whether it still extant or not. There has been some habitat modification in the area, which may have impacted the population, but it also possibly merely overlooked. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Lutzville. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | Alluvium soils. |
Threats |
| Possibly threatened by habitat loss to agricultural expansion, infrastructure development and degradation due to overgrazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ruschia holensis L.Bolus | DDD | 2017.1 | | Ruschia holensis L.Bolus | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Ruschia holensis L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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