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Scientific Name | Monsonia speciosa L. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GERANIACEAE |
Common Names | Butterfly Flower (e), Sambreeltjie (a), Slangblom (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered A2bc |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/27 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, R.C. Turner & D.A. Snijman |
Justification | A population reduction of >50% is estimated based on >70% habitat loss to agriculture and urban development over the past 80 years. This is a long-lived resprouter, generation length is at least 30 years. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Clanwilliam to Gordon's Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Clay and granite slopes and flats, mostly in renosterveld. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Harvesting [gathering], Habitat loss, Habitat degradation, Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species) |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Monsonia speciosa L. | EN A2bc | 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 |
| Raimondo, D., Turner, R.C. & Snijman, D.A. 2007. Monsonia speciosa L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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