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Scientific Name | Syncolostemon ramulosus E.Mey. ex Benth. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LAMIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/16 |
Assessor(s) | T.J. Edwards & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Four known locations are potentially threatened by livestock grazing outside reserves. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Umtamvuna River to Mtentu River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Scarp Forest, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld |
Description | Pondoland coastal grassland, on sheets of exposed bedrock with only shallow pockets of soil within crevices. Also occurs on forest margins, restricted to Msikaba Formation Sandstone, 200-500 m. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by habitat loss and degradation as a result of overgrazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in Umtamvuna and Mkambati Nature Reserves. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Syncolostemon ramulosus E.Mey. ex Benth. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Syncolostemon ramulosus E.Mey. ex Benth. | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Syncolostemon ramulosus E.Mey. ex Benth. | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
Codd, L.E. 1988. Resuscitation of Syncolostemon ramulosus E. Mey. Ex Benth. Bothalia 18(1):92-93.
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 |
| Edwards, T.J. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Syncolostemon ramulosus E.Mey. ex Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/04 |
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