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Scientific Name | Galenia crystallina (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Fenzl var. maritima Adamson |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2016/10/06 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 3580 km², an estimated five to 10 locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation, as well as alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Lambert's Bay to the Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Langebaan Dune Strandveld, Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Lambert's Bay Strandveld |
Description | Damp hollows in silt near the sea. |
Threats |
| This taxon is threatened by ongoing habitat loss to coastal and industrial development, as well as urban expansion. Some of its habitat is invaded by spreading, unmanaged alien invasive plants, which are likely to outcompete native species. |
Population |
This taxon is a range-restricted habitat specialist, and is known from only a few records. It is likely to be locally extinct in the southern part of its range due to habitat loss to urban expansion. It is possibly under-sampled further north along the West Coast, and more field surveys are needed to gain a better understanding of the population size and structure. It is known from five disjunct locations, but it is likely that more exist, as there is available suitable habitat in intervening areas.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Galenia crystallina (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Fenzl var. maritima Adamson | VU B1ab(iii) | 2017.1 | | Galenia crystallina (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Fenzl var. maritima Adamson | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Adamson, R.S. 1956. The South African species of Aizoaceae. III. Galenia L. Journal of South African Botany 22:87-127.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Galenia crystallina (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Fenzl var. maritima Adamson. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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