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Scientific Name | Ruschia densiflora L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/12 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, C. Klak & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO <100 km², two of three known locations are now locally extinct due to habitat loss to potato cultivation. The number of mature individuals at one remaining location in a road verge near Clanwilliam is declining due to habitat degradation as a result of fragmentation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Lambert's Bay to Clanwilliam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos |
Description | Acid sand fynbos in sandveld. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss and fragmentation as a result of rapidly expanding potato and rooibos tea cultivation, as well as heavy grazing due to overstocking of small remaining fragments of natural vegetation. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ruschia densiflora L.Bolus | CR B1ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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 |
| Helme, N.A., Klak, C. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Ruschia densiflora L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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