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Scientific Name | Glia decidua B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/01 |
Assessor(s) | J.G. Claassens & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 4945 km², although at least 61% of this species' EOO is already transformed, it is still common on the Vredenburg Peninsula, and an estimated 20-30 locations remain. It however continues to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to coastal and industrial development as well as limestone mining near the coast, while inland subpopulations are threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation, urban expansion and mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piketberg to the Vredenburg Peninsula and Malmesbury. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Limestone Strandveld, Saldanha Granite Strandveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld |
Description | Heavy soils derived from limestone or shale in strandveld or renosterveld at low elevations. |
Threats |
| Although still very common on the Vredenburg Peninsula, most subpopulations are threatened by ongoing habitat loss to coastal and industrial development as well as limestone mining. Subpopulations further inland are confined to small fragments of remaining renosterveld and threatened by ongoing habitat loss to crop cultivation, mining and urban expansion. At least 61% of this species' EOO is already transformed. |
Population |
Extremely common on the Vredenburg Peninsula, where it has been recorded on nearly every limestone outcrop surveyed. Abundance elsewhere in the range is not known.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Glia decidua B.-E.van Wyk | NT B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 2012.1 | |
Bibliography |
Van Wyk, B.E., Tilney, P.M. and Magee, A.R. 2010. A revision of the genus Glia (Apiaceae, tribe Heteromorpheae). South African Journal of Botany 76(2):259-271.
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Citation |
| Claassens, J.G. & von Staden, L. 2012. Glia decidua B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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