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Scientific Name | Mestoklema albanicum N.E.Br. ex Glen |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened D2 |
Assessment Date | 2004/05/26 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold |
Justification | Eight known locations are potentially threatened by expanding human settlements and grazing by goats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Uitenhage to Graaff-Reinet. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Savanna |
Description | Thicket and Valley Bushveld. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Mestoklema albanicum N.E.Br. ex Glen | NT D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Mestoklema albanicum N.E.Br. ex Glen | 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.
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. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2004. Mestoklema albanicum N.E.Br. ex Glen. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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