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Scientific Name | Cyphia bolusii E.Phillips |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LOBELIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/15 |
Assessor(s) | M. Lötter, D. McMurtry & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Two known subpopulations in South Africa are potentially threatened by mining and alien plant invasion of the habitat. Six subpopulations in Swaziland are likely to be declining due to ongoing degradation of habitat due to alien plant invasion and overgrazing and are unlikely to have significant dispersal effects on the South African population. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Barberton to Mbabane (Swaziland). |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Barberton Montane Grassland, KaNgwane Montane Grassland |
Description | Serpentine soils. |
Threats |
| RSA threats: Alien plants are a threat, especially in Songimvelo. Mining became a real, potential threat with the change in the Minerals Bill.
Swaziland: Alien plants are a severe, ongoing threat.
Urban expansion is a major threat around Mbabane. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyphia bolusii E.Phillips | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cyphia bolusii E.Phillips | Data Deficient | Victor (2002) | | Cyphia bolusii E.Phillips | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Phillips, E.P. 1917. A revision of the South African material of the genus Cyphia, Berg. Annals of the South African Museum 9:449-474.
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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Lötter, M., McMurtry, D. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Cyphia bolusii E.Phillips. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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